ISLAMABAD - Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz on Monday said that the US policies were responsible for instability in South Asia, urging the Obama administration and its allies to analyse their role in the region.
Winding up discussion on an adjournment motion in Senate - moved by Senator Mushahid Hussain - about US President Barack Obama’s remarks that instability would be continue for decades in Pakistan, Aziz said that Pakistan’s answer to instability was strengthening democracy in the country.
“The US created ‘holy warriors’ in our tribal areas during the ‘Afghan Jihad’ and then left them as soon as the war was over, a factor which contributed to decades of instability in Pakistan and the region,” he said.
Talking about external threats to Pakistan’s stability, the adviser said that since 2013, Pakistan had been pursuing a policy of non-interference and was not taking part in other nations’ wars.
“We have decided that we are not going to indulge in fighting other countries’ wars now, and this policy is being pursued vigorously by the government,” he said.
He said that Pakistan had also taken a strong stance against terrorism, and Zarb-e-Azb military operation in tribal areas and Karachi operation had helped to improve the internal security of the country.
In his last State of the Union address, US President Obama said that instability would continue for decades in many parts of the world - in the Middle East, in Afghanistan and Pakistan, in parts of Central America, Africa and Asia. He also identified a link between militancy and instability and warned that some unstable regions might become safe havens for terrorists.
DAILY TIMES.
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