Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused the US of “pushing Pakistan away” and said he would never want to have a relation with Washington where his country is treated like a “hired gun”. “The US has basically pushed Pakistan away.”Asked why he “harboured anti-US sentiments”, Khan said disagreeing with Washington’s policies did not make him “anti-American”. You are either with me or against me.”Khan condemned the 2011 US operation in Abbottabad that killed Osama bin Laden, saying that it was “humiliating” that Washington did not trust Pakistan to kill the terrorist. Referring to US President Donald Trump’s South Asia policy, Khan said he was committed to having dialogue to achieve peace in war-torn Afghanistan. “I talked for years about how there was no military solution in Afghanistan and they called me Taliban Khan.

Source: Hindustan Times December 07, 2018 09:56 UTC