ISLAMABAD – Islamabad suffered great losses when it joined Washington’s Waron Terror, and in the end the US still pinned the blame on Pakistan for itsown setbacks in Afghanistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan told RT in anexclusive interview.
Pakistan took a serious hit after joining the US-led global campaignagainst terrorism, Khan revealed. Before that, Islamabad had been trainingthe Islamist Mujahedeen fighters, who were *“funded by the American CIA”* towage war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s.
But as it was the US’ turn to invade Afghanistan, *“these groups turnedagainst us,”* he stated.
*We lost 70,000 people. We lost over $100 billion [from] the economy.*
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* And in the end, we were blamed for the Americans not succeeding inAfghanistan. I felt it was very unfair to Pakistan.*
