Former president and All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) chief Pervez Musharraf has said that the United States is using Pakistan as a scapegoat for its failure in Afghanistan. In an exclusive video link interview with a private news channel, Pervez Musharraf said that Pakistan's forces should use whatever influence they have and tell the Haqqanis not to cross the border.
Terming the recent statements by former US Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Chairman, Admiral Mike Mullen, that Pakistan's ISI was supporting the Haqqani network, as "irresponsible", Musharraf said that the blame game needs to be stopped and that Pakistan and the US need to come onto the same page against a common enemy.
He said that the world needs to understand the standpoint of Pakistan, and unless the US stops violating Pakistani interests, there would be no more alliance.
He insisted that the future lay in talking to the "peace-seeking" Taliban, and pointed out that while not all Pashtuns were Taliban, all Taliban were Pashtun.
The former president stressed the need to identify the "peace-seeking" Taliban and hold reconciliatory talks with them.
"Unfortunately, this selective process has been dubbed by the US as a sort of double game," he added.
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