ISLAMABAD – United States President Joe Biden’s decision to pull out troopsfrom war raked Afghanistan was the most sensible thing to do, PrimeMinister Imran Khan said in a recent interview.
Speaking with the Russian state-owned media house, Khan termed the move asa rational step, saying the Democratic leader was being subjected to‘unfair criticism’.
Khan said Pakistan had ties with the US as the security chiefs of bothsides have to keep exchanging views about Afghanistan however he added thathe wasn’t sure whether the US had any coherent policy on what they weregoing to do in Afghanistan.
He also stressed that the US had a big role to play, as it was there inAfghanistan for 2 decades. The only reason the US invaded Afghanistan wasterrorism, he added.
Meanwhile, PM also mentioned that he was ‘deeply hurt’ by the remarks of USsenators. We gave the greatest number of sacrifices for the US in its war”,he said while adding that we are asked to become part of this coalitionwhile we had nothing to do with September 11 attacks. We had no reason toenter the war”, he added.
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Khan also trashed the Indian-backed agenda that Pakistan helped the Talibanin the fight against US forces in Afghanistan. He said we don’t have enoughsources to compete for US or the European powers neither we intend to do so.
“It’s only the propaganda of Ashraf Ghani-led Afghan government which actedas ‘puppet’ to cover up its incompetence, corruption, and inability togovern the country. Khan also slammed India for spewing sponsoringpropaganda to defame Pakistan.
Khan also mentioned that the world didn’t have a choice other thannegotiating with the Taliban. The international community must encouragethem to walk this path and hopefully, it will lead to peace, he opined.
