Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif has claimed that his country was a victim of terrorism in the region stemming from the policies of Western governments, particularly the US, tracing back decades. Speaking to RT on Saturday, Asif called a mistake the decisions by the country’s past rulers to join the Soviet-Afghanistan war in the late 1980s and become a platform for training and indoctrinating jihadists on behalf of the West. According to him, during the war in Afghanistan, Islamabad “supplied all sorts of help [to US].” Later, post 9/11 attacks, Pakistan again “joined the coalition.” “From our soil, all the supplies used to go to us and all of the facilities,” he said.
Author: RT
Published at: 2025-04-26 21:37:45
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