Published 14:52 IST, September 13th 2019

Imran Khan hammered online for 'jihad in Afghanistan' admission

Imran Khan has irked people after admitting that Pakistan trained Mujahideens to fight Soviets in Afghanistan, who were funded by the CIA during the 1980s.

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Imran Khan has irked people yet again after admitting that Pakistan trained Mujahideens to fight Soviets in Afghanistan back in 1980s. Attempting to play victim card, Pakistan Prime Minister said that it is 'unfair' to blame Pakistan for US' failure in Afghanistan. 

In an exclusive interview to Russia Today, Imran Khan said that Islamabad is victim for siding with Washington on ir 'war on terror' post 9/11. Imran Khan added that after US troops invaded Afghanistan to fight Taliban, Pakistan should have taken a neutral stand. 

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He said, "In 80s we were training se Mujahideen people to do jihad against Soviet when y occupied Afghanistan. So, se people were trained by Pakistan, funded by US's CIA and w a decade later when Americans come into Afghanistan."  " same groups who are all in Pakistan are supposed to say that w because Americans are re it is longer jihad its terrorism. It was a big contradiction and I strongly felt that Pakistan should have been neutral because by joining in, se groups turned against us," he added. 

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Here's what netizens had to say:

Pakistan hub of terrorism

Describing Pakistan as "hub of terrorism", India has strongly hit back at country for raking up Kashmir issue at Security Council. India had slammed Pakistan and said that it misused UN forum to spread "baseless and deceitful" narratives about it. Pakistan's envoy to UN Maleeha Lodhi raised Kashmir issue during a General Assembly session on Report of Security Council for 2018 on Friday. Lodhi referred to India's August 5 decision to abrogate Article 370 of Constitution which ended special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

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Masood Azhar, UN-designated terrorist has been freed by Pakistan, as per top Republic sources, putting to display country's duplicity on terror once again. Despite facing heat of FATF, according to sources, Jaish-e-Mohammed chief was secretly released by Pakistan after he was taken into preventive custody following Pulwama terror attack on February 14. 

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14:24 IST, September 13th 2019