Alwaght- Pakistan's Parliament passed a resolution on Wednesday condemning US President Donald Trump's claims that Islamabad was prolonging the war in Afghanistan, denouncing them as "hostile" and "threatening".
Addressing the parliament, Foreign Minister Khwaja Asif Asif urged the government to consider postponing any visits by US delegations to Pakistan or by Pakistani officials to the US and closing off “ground and air lines of communication through Pakistan.”
The new Afghan strategy announced by US President Donald Trump, which attacked Pakistan for allegedly providing safe havens to terrorists and offered India a greater role in Afghanistan, has angered Islamabad.
“We can no longer be silent about Pakistan’s safe havens for terrorist organizations, the Taliban, and other groups that pose a threat to the region and beyond,” Trump said, outlining strategy in South Asia.
"Pakistan has much to gain from partnering with our effort in Afghanistan. It has much to lose by continuing to harbor criminals and terrorists."
Asif termed an increased role for New Delhi in Kabul “highly detrimental to regional stability” and accused India of supporting terrorism and “destabilizing politics in the region.”
On Sunday, Pakistan's foreign office announced that it had postponed a visit by a US acting Assistant Secretary of State Alice Wells to discuss Washington's new Afghan policy, but at the time did not provide a reason.
Trump has accused Pakistan of harboring "agents of chaos" and providing safe havens to militant groups waging an insurgency against Afghanistan.
Pakistani officials feel offended by what they say is a lack of respect from the US for the country's sacrifices in the war against terrorism and its successes in battling groups like al Qaeda, ISIS or the Pakistani Taliban.
On Saturday, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said US military strategy in Afghanistan has never worked and will not work in future, Pakistani Premier has said.
Pakistan estimates there have been 70,000 Pakistani casualties in militant attacks since it joined the alleged US war on terror after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on US soil.
