NEW YORK – Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan while speaking at the USForeign Policy Council said to United States that For 19 years if you havenot been able to succeed, you re not going to be able to succeed in another19 years,” Khan said.
Trump has frequently called for an end to America s longest war, launchedafter the September 11, 2001 attacks, and a senior US diplomat reached adeal to pull troops after a year of negotiating with Taliban militants. ButTrump abruptly ended talks earlier this month, revealing on Twitter that hehad invited Taliban leaders to the United States but canceled their visitafter a bombing in Kabul killed a US soldier.
Khan has long criticized military operations against extremists, discountedthe possibility that the Taliban would topple the internationallyrecognized government in Kabul without US troops.
“I don t think the Taliban will be able to control the whole country. Ithink there will be a settlement,” he said. “I honestly believe that thisis not the Taliban of 2001. There are lot of things that happened and Ibelieve they will be more accommodating,” he said.
I am the only person who said that the Afghan issue doesn’t have militarysolution, Imran Khan said, adding that 2.7 million Afghan refugees areliving in Pakistan.
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The prime minister went on to say that the previous governments failed tofind a solution to the economic woes, adding that due to the persistentissues, the current government had to rely on the International MonetaryFund (IMF).
The prime minister said that the economic condition of the country was indire straits and China was the first country to help when his party cameinto power.
