Islamabad :
Prime Minister Imran Khan’s interview caused a stir in US diplomatic circles. Journalist Manzoor Silhari writes in his report that the Prime Minister’s interview has caused a stir in the diplomatic circles here in the US.
Experts say that Imran Khan’s The timing of the interviews with the US media is very important. The Prime Minister’s interview is being considered very important before the formal meetings of ISI chief General Faiz Hameed and National Security Adviser Moeed Yousaf with US officials.
According to Pakistani diplomatic sources, Pakistan is using various means to persuade the United States that Pakistan is moving in a new direction and moving towards a new foreign policy. Is.
US officials are scrutinizing the prime minister’s recent interviews. Many experts say that Pakistan’s political and military leadership being on the same page has raised Pakistan’s profile in the world.
You see, President Joe Biden will formally invite the Prime Minister to Washington because Pakistan knows how important it is for lasting peace in the region, which no power in the world, including the United States, can deny. Supporting the bold stance of the Prime Minister, he termed it as a great victory of Pakistan and said that it has enhanced the prestige of Pakistan.
In an interview with American TV, the prime minister said, “I think the United States has made the situation very bad.” The prime minister criticized the United States for trying to find a military solution in Afghanistan. It never happened. He said that people like me who kept saying that military solution is not possible, who know the history of Afghanistan, we were called anti-American, I was called Taliban Khan.
He lamented that when the United States realized that there was no military solution in Afghanistan, unfortunately American and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces had lost their bargaining position. He should have done so when there were about 1.5 million NATO troops in Afghanistan. He said that once they had reduced the number of troops to barely 10,000 and then when they gave the date of withdrawal, the Taliban thought they had won and Because of this, it is now difficult to force them for a political solution.
When the interviewer asked if he thought the restoration of the Taliban was a positive development for Afghanistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan reiterated that the only result would be a comprehensive political settlement. He said that obviously the Taliban would be a part of this government. Calling the situation in neighboring Afghanistan the worst, the Prime Minister said that where Afghanistan could be a victim of civil war, there was also the issue of Pakistan’s point of view. This is the worst case scenario since then we may face two problems, one of which is the issue of refugees.
“Pakistan is already hosting more than 3 million Afghan refugees and the fear we have is that a protracted civil war will bring more refugees and our economic situation is not such that we can afford more arrivals,” he said. Explaining the details, he expressed concern that a possible cross-border civil war could enter Pakistan.
