PM Khan sets 'record straight' over Trump's diatribe against Pakistan
Last updated on: 19 November,2018 06:02 pm
Trump accused Pakistan of doing nothing for US.
(Dunya News) – Taking strong exception to US President Donald Trump’s diatribe against Pakistan, Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan on Monday apprised former that no Pakistani was involved in 9/11.
The premier took to popular micro-blogging website Twitter and said, “Record needs to be put straight on Mr Trump s tirade against Pakistan: 1. No Pakistani was involved in 9/11 but Pak decided to participate in US War on Terror. 2. Pakistan suffered 75,000 casualties in this war & over $123 bn was lost to economy. US "aid" was a miniscule $20 bn.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 19, 2018
He added, “3. Our tribal areas were devastated & millions of ppl uprooted from their homes. The war drastically impacted lives of ordinary Pakistanis. 4. Pak continues to provide free lines of ground & air communications(GLOCs/ALOCs).Can Mr Trump name another ally that gave such sacrifices?
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 19, 2018
Instead of making Pakistan a scapegoat for their failures, the US should do a serious assessment of why, despite 140000 NATO troops plus 250,000 Afghan troops & reportedly $1 trillion spent on war in Afghanistan, the Taliban today are stronger than before.”
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) November 19, 2018
Extending his proclivity of creating diplomatic mess, United States President Donald Trump on Sunday unleashed yet another diatribe against Pakistan while accusing Islamabad of ‘doing nothing for US’.
Trump also defended his administration s decision to stop hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Pakistan, saying the country does not do "a damn thing" for the US and its government had helped Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden hide near its garrison city.
"And we give Pakistan USD 1.3 billion a year. ... (Laden] lived in Pakistan, we re supporting Pakistan, we re giving them USD 1.3 billion a year -- which we don t give them anymore, by the way, I ended it because they don t do anything for us, they don t do a damn thing for us," he said.
Ever since Trump’s ‘unexpected’ rise to power, the relations between Islamabad and Washington have dipped to new low as United States continues to put blame of its failures in war-torn Afghanistan on Pakistan.
In 2018 only, the deaths of Afghanistan security forces have mounted to a new high as Taliban insurgency continue to grow stronger.