[DAWN] The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday lashed out at the United States (US) hours after Vice President Mike Pence's warning that the Trump administration has "put Pakistain on notice", claiming that the statements diverged from recent conversations between both countries' officials.
"Allies do not put each other on notice," the FO statement said, noting that Pence's scathing remarks were "at variance with the extensive conversations we [Islamabad] have had with the US administration".|
The FO statement stressed the need for the US to create peace and reconciliation mechanisms instead of shifting blame onto Pakistain for its failures in Afghanistan.
"Externalising blame should be put on notice," the FO said, in addition to a host of "factors responsible for exponential increase in drug production, expansion of ungoverned spaces, industrial scale corruption, breakdown of governance, and letting ISIS gain a foothold in Afghanistan."
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