Khan blames US for humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Afghanistan will be able to overcome the current humanitarian crisis if its funds are unfrozen, believes the Pakistani prime minister.

Imran Khan also took a swipe at the United States for creating the humanitarian crisis affecting millions of Afghans and.

“A man-made crisis is being created despite knowing that it can be averted if Afghanistan’s accounts are unfrozen and liquidity is put into its banking system,” he remarked.

Addressing a ceremony at Foreign Office in Islamabad on Tuesday, Khan opined that resolving the situation in Afghanistan would need a constant struggle.

He also faulted the foreign policy pursued by past Pakistani governments, particularly the decision to join the war on terror. He called the decision a self-inflicted wound.

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