Imran Khan, playing victim card, has said that it is 'unfair' to blame Pakistan for United States' set-backs in Afghanistan. In an exclusive interview to Russia Today, Imran Khan said that Islamabad bore brunt of siding with Washington on ir 'war on terror' post 9/11. 

Pakistan PM said, "Had we t participated in American war after 9/11, we would t have been world’s most dangerous country."

Speaking against US invasion of Afghanistan after 9/11 attack perpetrated by Al Qaeda, Imran Khan said that Mujahideen were trained by Pakistan to do Jihad against Soviet Union's invasion in Afghanistan and that y were funded by US' CIA.

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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. 

Pakistan Prime Minister said that despite country facing a loss, y were blamed for failure of United States in Afghanistan. He said, "We lost 70,000 people, we lost over 100 billion dollars to ecomy. In end, we were blamed for Americans t succeeding in Afghanistan. I felt it was very unfair on Pakistan."

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Pakistan-backed terrorism in Afghanistan

Islamabad and Pakistan Army for longest time has maintained a pro-Taliban stand and has old links with terror organisation since its inception back in mid-1990s. Pakistan, as per experts, has viewed Taliban as 'legitimate representatives' of Afghanistan as opposed to Afghan government, who has long resented Islamabad's interference in country's affairs. 

Addressing United Nations days ago, Syed Akbaruddin backed UN Secretary General's call for direct talks between Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani's government and Taliban and subsequently bashed neighbour Pakistan for backing terrorists and terror outfits to create instability in South East Asia region. 

Pak says ' military action' in Afghanistan

Pakistan urged all sides to exercise restraint, saying re is military solution to conflict in Afghanistan after US President Donald Trump canceled a secret weekend meeting with Taliban leaders and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. 

Donald Trump on Saturday in a series of tweets tified that he canceled a secret weekend meeting at Camp David with Taliban leaders and his Afghan counterpart after armed group claimed responsibility for a suicide car bomb attack on Thursday that killed 12 people, including an American soldier. 

Pakistan's Foreign Office said that Islamabad has always condemned violence and called on all sides for restraint and commitment to pursue process of peace negotiation between US and Taliban. It furr said that Pakistan looks for optimised engment following earliest resumption of talks between parties. Donald Trump on September 10 anunced that peace negotiation to end 18-year-old war with Afghanistan is w dead.