Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has made wild allegations, accusing Kabul of acting as a tool for New Delhi to spread terror in his country. Asif also warned of a "50 times stronger" response if Kabul attacks Islamabad.

Making strong remarks on Geo News' primetime show 'Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada ke Saath,' he slammed Afghan negotiators for taking a step back from the peace deal time and again. The remarks came after peace talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Istanbul dramatically collapsed.

"Whenever we got close to an agreement—either in the last four days or last week—when negotiators reported to Kabul, then there was intervention and the agreement was withdrawn," Asif outlined, as reported by Dawn.

"I believe that the negotiations were sabotaged. We had an agreement, but then they called Kabul and backpedaled from the deal."Kabul had earlier dismissed similar allegations by Islamabad as baseless.

The Pakistani minister nonetheless complimented the Afghan negotiators for being cooperative and trained his guns at the Kabul leadership.Deploying the classic Islamabad toolkit in an attempt to tweak the narrative, he alleged that Kabul was being controlled by New Delhi. 

Source:ndtv