Pakistan rejects ex-US envoy Khalilzad’s 'baseless' allegations of arming Afghans to fight Taliban
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The information ministry on Saturday rejected former United States envoy Zalmay Khalilzad’s “baseless and misleading allegations” that Pakistan was “arming Afghans to fight the Taliban”. The ministry’s response came a day after Khalilzad, who served as special representative to Afghanistan during the first Trump administration, claimed on X that there were “ many reports that Pakistan is arming Afghans to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan”. He further alleged that Pakistan was now “recruiting Afghans to fight against anti-Pakistan insurgents”, adding that ties between the two countries were lik
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The information ministry on Saturday rejected former United States envoy Zalmay Khalilzad’s “baseless and misleading allegations” that Pakistan was “arming Afghans to fight the Taliban”. The ministry’s response came a day after Khalilzad, who served as special representative to Afghanistan during the first Trump administration, claimed on X that there were “ many reports that Pakistan is arming Afghans to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan”. He further alleged that Pakistan was now “recruiting Afghans to fight against anti-Pakistaninsurgents”. “His sweeping baseless assertions merely recycle speculative narratives as part of his personal agenda to prop [the] terrorism-supporting Taliban regime,” insurgents”, adding that ties between theinformation ministry’s fac two countries were lik
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The information ministry on Saturday rejected former United States envoy Zalmay Khalilzad’s “baseless and misleading allegations” that Pakistan wasarming former “arming Afghans to fight theTaliban or their supporting terrorist groups. Taliban”. The ministry’s response came a day after Khalilzad, who served as special representative to Afghanistan during the first Trump administration, claimed Pakistan was “recruiting Afghans to fight against anti-Pakistan insurgents”. “His sweeping baseless assertions merely recycle speculative narratives as part of his personal agenda to prop [the] terrorism-supportingTalib Taliban regime,” the information ministry’s fac
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After: «The information ministry on Saturday rejected former United States envoy Zalmay Khalilzad’s “baseless and misleading allegations” that Pakistan was “arming Afghans to fight the Taliban”. The ministry’s response came a day after Khalilzad, who served as special representative to Afghanistan during the first Trump administration, claimed Pakistan was “recruiting Afghans to fight against anti-Pakistan insurgents”. “His sweeping baseless assertions merely recycle speculative narratives as part of his personal agenda to prop [the] terrorism-supporting Taliban regime,” the information ministry’s fac» 0d83710fd583
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The information ministry on Saturday rejected former United States envoy Zalmay Khalilzad’s “baseless and misleading allegations” that Pakistan was arming former Afghans to fight the Taliban or their supporting terrorist groups. The ministry’s“fact-check” response came a day after Khalilzad, who served as special representative to Afghanistan during the first Trump administration, claimed Pakistan was “recruiting Afghans to fight against anti-Pakistan insurgents”. “His sweeping baseless assertions merely recycle speculative narratives as part of his personal agenda to prop [the] terrorism-supportingT Talib
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Before: «The information ministry on Saturday rejected former United States envoy Zalmay Khalilzad’s “baseless and misleading allegations” that Pakistan was arming former Afghans to fight the Taliban or their supporting terrorist groups. The ministry’s “fact-check” came a day after Khalilzad, who served as special representative to Afghanistan during the first Trump administration, claimed Pakistan was “recruiting Afghans to fight against anti-Pakistan insurgents”. “His sweeping baseless assertions merely recycle speculative narratives as part of his personal agenda to prop [the] terrorism-supporting T» 31d73a708769
After: «The information ministry on Saturday rejected former United States envoy Zalmay Khalilzad’s “baseless and misleading allegations” that Pakistan was arming former Afghans to fight the Taliban or their supporting terrorist groups. The ministry’s response came a day after Khalilzad, who served as special representative to Afghanistan during the first Trump administration, claimed Pakistan was “recruiting Afghans to fight against anti-Pakistan insurgents”. “His sweeping baseless assertions merely recycle speculative narratives as part of his personal agenda to prop [the] terrorism-supporting Talib» 4a10199a015f
