'Doing dirty work for US': Pak defence minister on support for terror groups

Pakistan's defence minister admitted to doing "dirty work" for the US and the West when asked whether Islamabad has a history of funding and backing terror groups.

Khwaja M Asif was speaking to British news network Sky News. During the interview, the minister was asked, "Do you admit, sir, that Pakistan has had a long history of backing and supporting and training and funding these terrorist organizations?" To which the Pakistani minister said, "We have been doing this dirty work for the US for the past three decades, including the West and the United Kingdom."

However, he was quick to call it a "mistake" and said Pakistan "suffered because of that." He added that Pakistan's track record would have been "unimpeachable" had Islamabad not joined the West during the Soviet-Afghan war and the US-led war against the Taliban after 9/11.