ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday rejected US President Donald Trump's allegations against it with its foreign minister stating that Islamabad has backed all international efforts for a peaceful Afghanistan.
Giving policy statement in the Senate following Trump's announcement of new regional policy, Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif denied the allegations of destabilisation of Afghanistan by Pakistan.
"Islamabad backed Washington and Kabul in restoring peace in Afghanistan through talks (with the Taliban)," he said.
President Trump on Tuesday cleared the way for the deployment of thousands more US troops to Afghanistan Monday, backtracking from his promise to rapidly end America´s longest war, while pillorying ally Pakistan for offering safe haven to "agents of chaos."
"We have been paying Pakistan billions and billions of dollars at the same time they are housing the very terrorists that we are fighting," he said, warning that vital aid could be cut. ?That will have to change and that will change immediately."
Asif said the National Security Committee, in its meeting today, completely rejected Donald Trump's allegations against Pakistan, noting, "Scapegoating Pakistan won't stabilise Afghanistan".
The minister said due to the Afghan issue there was influx of refugees, drugs and arms in the country, while safe havens against Pakistan were formed on the Afghan soil.

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