Defenc­e minist­er says due to Trump's temper­amenta­l attitu­de, any one-sided US action in Pakist­an can't be ruled outReacting to the United States President Donald Trump’s recent statement against Pakistan, Defence Minister Khurram Dastagir Khan on Wednesday warned the US against any attempt to bring the war in Afghanistan to Pakistan’s soil. Pakistan was fully prepared to cooperate with the US in bringing peace back to Afghanistan, he said during an interview to BBC Urdu. “However, if the US is expecting that the Afghanistan’s war can be fought on Pakistan’s soil then let me be very clear, it will never happen,” he remarked. Pakistan will not take the responsibility of Afghanistan if the US tried to blame the country for its failures in Afghanistan, said the minister, adding that Pakistan respected the sovereignty of Afghanistan and the latter should return the favour. The defence minister said that half of Pakistan’s air space and land routes were still open to the US and without them, its reach in Afghanistan would be highly affected.

Source: The Express Tribune January 03, 2018 09:45 UTC