Speaking during a parliamentary debate on terrorism following a deadly suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in Islamabad, Asif said Pakistan had repeatedly entangled itself in “superpower wars” that were never its own.
“We took part in two wars that were fought on the soil of Afghanistan,” Asif told lawmakers. Referring to the Soviet intervention in 1979, he argued that it took place “at the invitation of the government in Kabul,” claiming that the narrative of an outright invasion had been shaped by the United States.
