Taliban Came Into Power, Not Because Of Pakistan, But It Had Its Own Circumstances: Prime Minister Imran Khan

Muhammad Irfan Published September 22, 2021 | 11:42 PM

The reason Taliban came into power, not because of Pakistan, but it had its own circumstances, he added

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 22nd Sep, 2021 ) :The reason Taliban came into power, not because of Pakistan, but it had its own circumstances, he added.

The prime minister said after the Soviets left Afghanistan, Pakistan hosted about five million Afghan refugees, most of them were Pashtuns.

The tribal areas of Pakistan sided with Taliban and this part of the country had turned against when Pakistan decided to side with the US, he said while explaining one of the reasons for militancy and terrorism in the country after 9/11.

He said for the first time, in history, 90 per cent of Pak border with Afghanistan had been fenced by his government.

The prime minister, to another query, said that his government had introduced one curriculum for the whole country and after seventy years, the nation had the unified educational system.

He said that his earlier statement in this context was wrongly projected.

About the visit of ISI director general to Afghanistan, the prime minister said it was taken in the context that Afghan soil should not be used for terrorism against Pakistan.

He said that three different terrorist groups had been attacking Pakistan from Afghan soil. These included ISIS, TTP and fugitive terrorists from Balochistan province.

Remnants TTP elements had been pushed out of Pakistan and they were conducting attacks from Afghan's soil. They had attacked the Chinese workers which was a very serious terrorist attack, he added.

About ties with India, the prime minister reiterated that Pakistan would not talk to Indian unless it revoked its illegal and unilateral steps of August 5, 2019 over Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).

India had defied and violated United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding holding of plebiscite in the occupied territory and the promise it made to the international community.

The prime minister also rejected the Indian propaganda that Taliban government in Afghanistan could have any impacts upon IIOJK.