Mujahideens trained by Pak and funded by US to fight Soviets now attacking Pak: Imran Khan

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September 13, 2019

Sept 13: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said that his country should have been neutral over the American troops' action against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Imran Khan said that the Mujahideens, that were trained by Pakistan, have now turned against the country.

Imran Khan said that the Mujahideens were trained by Pakistan to do jihad against the Soviet when they occupied Afghanistan in the 1980s. He also said that these Mujahideens were funded by the United States' Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

"In the 80s, we were training these Mujahideen people to do jihad against Soviet when they occupied Afghanistan. So, these people were trained by Pakistan, funded by US's CIA," Imran Khan was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

Imran Khan further said that when the American troops entered Afghanistan and took action against the Taliban, Pakistan should have been neutral in its position.

"Now a decade later when the Americans come into Afghanistan, the same groups who are all in Pakistan are supposed to say that now because Americans are there, it is no longer jihad its terrorism. It was a big contradiction," Imran Khan said.

"I strongly felt that Pakistan should have been neutral because by joining in, these groups turned against us," the Pakistan prime minister said.

Listing out the consequences of Pakistan not being neutral in its position when the American troops entered Afghanistan, Imran Khan said that the country has since lost 70,000 people and over 100 billion dollars to the economy.

He also said that in the end, Pakistan was blamed for Americans not succeeding in Afghanistan which, Imran Khan said, was unfair on his country.

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In meeting with Zohran Mamdani, Trump repeats claim he stopped India-Pak war

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November 22,2025

New York/Washington: US President Donald Trump has again claimed to have solved the conflict between India and Pakistan, repeating his assertion during a meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office.

Mamdani flew to Washington DC for his first meeting with Trump in the White House on Friday. Trump said he “enjoyed” the meeting, which he described as “great.”

During remarks in the Oval Office, with Mamdani standing next to him, Trump repeated his claim that he solved the May conflict between India and Pakistan.

"I did eight peace deals of countries, including India and Pakistan,” he said.

On Wednesday, Trump had said he threatened to put 350 per cent tariffs on India and Pakistan if they did not end their conflict, repeating his claim that he solved the fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours and that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him to say “we're not going to go to war.”

Since May 10, when Trump announced on social media that India and Pakistan had agreed to a “full and immediate” ceasefire after a “long night” of talks mediated by Washington, he has repeated his claim over 60 times that he “helped settle” the tensions between India and Pakistan.

India has consistently denied any third-party intervention. India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7, targeting terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam attack that killed 26 civilians. India and Pakistan reached an understanding on May 10 to end the conflict after four days of intense cross-border drone and missile strikes.

Mamdani emerged victorious in the closely-watched battle for New York City Mayor, becoming the first South Asian and Muslim to be elected to sit at the helm of the largest city in the US.

He had been the front-runner in the NYC Mayoral election for months and defeated Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa and political heavyweight former New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo, who ran as an independent candidate and was officially endorsed by Trump just hours before the elections.

Indian-descent Mamdani is the son of renowned filmmaker Mira Nair and Columbia University professor Mahmood Mamdani. He was born and raised in Kampala, Uganda and moved to New York City with his family when he was 7. Mamdani became a naturalised US citizen only recently, in 2018.

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