ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has told an international news channel western powers occupied Afghanistan about two decades ago even when none of its nationals was involved in the September 11 attacks in the United States, reported Pakistan’s state-owned APP news agency on Saturday.
The prime minister reiterated the international community was trying to achieve objectives in the war-battered country which could not have been fulfilled through military means.
“He said it was insanity what the west had been doing in the country for 20 years,” the APP news reported.
Khan also recalled he was criticized for his stance against the war in Afghanistan.
Asked about Islamophobia, he said the Muslim leaders had never projected the real image of Islam to the west, particularly after 9/11.
“This made Muslims in western countries face islamophobia despite the fact that terrorism has no relation with Islam,” he added.
The prime minister said he could not bring about a change on an international level on his own, adding the whole Muslim world should take a joint stance at forums like the United Nations to make some difference.
