Don't blame us for your failures in Afghanistan: Pak's retort to Trump
Just hours after United States President Donald Trump accused Pakistan of doing nothing in 'war on terrorism' except lying and cheating them, the latter has retorted that the US should not blame Pakistan for its failures in Afghanistan. Pakistan's Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif was first to respond on Monday. He tweeted, "We will respond to President Trump's tweet shortly inshallah...Will let the world know the truth..difference between facts & fiction."
Trump, in a strongly-worded tweet, said America had been 'foolishly' providing military aid to Pakistan for 15 years, but in return, it has only received 'lies and deceit.' "The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more! " Trump posted on the micro-blogging site today. Soon, the Government of Pakistan's Twitter handle
also became active and quoting Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it stated, "allies do not put each other on notice". Moments later, the handle again tweeted; this time it quoted Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb. It said, "...#UnitedStates should not put blames for its failure in #Afghanistan on Pakistan.She further said that #Pakistan has rendered unmatched sacrifices in the war against# terrorism and there is no ambiguity about it." Pakistan Army also joined the bandwagon against the Trump's accusations.