Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said the terrorists had killed more Pakistanis than they had killed Americans in the war on terror, ARY News reported.
“The allies forces of the US have failed to defeat Taliban in Afghanistan, while Pakistan has been fighting extremism all alone,” he said in an interview with Fox News, an American news channel.
He said Pakistan has seen 75 percent drop in terrorist activities, while in Afghanistan 45 percent of the country is not in control of the Afghan government.
The PPP chairman said US President Donald Trump’s tweet on New Year reflected emotions of “some of the American people.”
“This tweet sent the wrong message. It was deeply hurtful to the people of Pakistan, particularly those, like myself, who have lost their loved ones in this fight against extremism,” he said.
He said Trump conflated the aid while pointing towards the Coalition Support Fund which was given in exchange for services by Pakistan in fight against terrorism.
“When president Trump talks about aid and those $33 billion he is conflating the aid which is America’s taxpayer’s money and it’s their right how they spend it. But the Coalition Support Fund is actually in exchange for the services rendered by Pakistan in fight against extremism,” he said.
A surprise New Year’s day tweet by US President Donald Trump, in which he appeared to decree an end to US aid for Pakistan, had temporarily deteriorated relations between the allies.
Bilawal Bhutto said all of the NATO forces, all of the America’s might and the Afghan government all put together failed to defeat terrorism in Afghanistan.
He said Pakistan, Afghanistan and America had to work together, if they wanted peace in Afghanistan.
The US government supported the Taliban and the Mujahideen in Afghanistan war. They forced the Pakistani state and the government to support those forces, he reminded.
https://arynews.tv/en/us-failed-defeat-taliban-afghanistan-says-bilawal-bhutto/
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