Pakistan rejects charges from a US lawmaker about Kabul's downfall

A US senator accused Islamabad of being responsible for the fall of Kabul. Still, Pakistan on Wednesday denied this, claiming that the last Kabul administration failed due to internal difficulties. The Pakistani ambassador to Washington, Asad Majeed Khan, said that the government of Pakistan has constantly reiterated that it does not prefer any faction in Afghanistan and will cooperate with any government that has the support of the Afghan people.

According to Majeed's letter, which also uploaded on Twitter, "the rapid downfall of the Afghan government has, if anything, demonstrated the inefficiency of putting more time and money into trying to find a military solution to a political crisis in Afghanistan."

Waltz wrote to President Joe Biden on August 13 writing, "The United States should apply our assets to impact Pakistan's role in Afghanistan." Pakistan's military tactics are dictating to the Taliban.

Pakistan at least tacitly supports the Taliban's rise and is declining to collaborate with the ANSF.

In the worst-case scenario, the Pakistani defence and secret services agencies could actively assist the Taliban advance on the Afghan border.

America must like this terminate all economic aid to Pakistan immediately. Moreover, I propose that your government also consider punishing Pakistan without changing direction and making more efforts to prevent the Taliban from utilizing their frontier area to organize firefights."

"The assertion that Pakistan's'military strategy' was somehow the critical element in the fall of the 300,000- Brave upskill Afghan Army and qualified at the cost of at least $83 billion – does not square with the US government's assessments about the issues and lack morale, desertions, and 'ghost soldiers' that had long plagued the Afghan National Defence and Security Forces.

Asad went on to say that Pakistan disagreed with the letter's characterization of its position in Afghanistan, noting that his state was still committed to helping establish a multiethnic Afghan government in Kabul.

According to the ambassador, "it may interest you to know that on the very day that President Ghani abandoned his people and fled abroad, Pakistan was hosting a varied group of Afghan lawmakers as part of its ongoing attempts to create a mutual view on Afghanistan's democratic vision."

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and other key officials were forced to flee the nation when Taliban forces seized control of Kabul's capital on August 15 and imposed martial law.

In a statement released on Tuesday, President Joe Biden stated that proved the notion that the Afghan government would be able to hold on for an extended amount of time following troop withdrawal to be incorrect.