Former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai praises Trump's tweet against Pakistan

Proposed joint US-regional coalition to pressurise Pakistan military establishment to bring peace to region

Former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, on Monday, praised US President Donald Trump's tweet accusing Pakistan of paying the US in 'lies and deceit'.

Karzai took to Twitter to say the US president's tweet was "vindication that the war on terror is not in bombing Afghan villages and homes but in the sanctuaries beyond Afghanistan".



He further welcomed the 'clarity' in Trump's remarks and proposed "a joint US-regional coalition to pressurise the Pakistan military establishment to bring peace to not just Afghanistan but the entire region.”

President @realDonaldTrump tweet on Pakistan's duplicitous position over the past 15 years is vindication that the war on terror is not in bombing Afghan villages and homes but in the sanctuaries beyond Afghanistan. I welcome today's clarity in President Trump's remarks and...

— Hamid Karzai (@KarzaiH) January 1, 2018

The former Afghan president has long been vocal of alleged terrorist safe havens in Pakistan. In October last year, he claimed the United States declined Kabul’s requests to attack terrorist 'safe havens' in Pakistan as it is a close ally in the war on terror.

A 50-word tweet was all it took to raise alarm bells in Pakistan as US President Donald Trump fired off on the country for allegedly playing a double game in Afghanistan.

“The US has foolishly given Pakistan more than $33 billion in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies and deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!”

The United States has foolishly given Pakistan more than 33 billion dollars in aid over the last 15 years, and they have given us nothing but lies & deceit, thinking of our leaders as fools. They give safe haven to the terrorists we hunt in Afghanistan, with little help. No more!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 1, 2018

The tweet is the latest low-light in the tailspin that the US-Pakistan relationship has been caught in since August when Trump accused Pakistan of giving “safe haven to agents of chaos, violence and terror”.