khawaja asif, in new york, welcome to hardtalk. thank you.u respond to that challenge from president trump, that pakistan often gives safe haven to agents of chaos, violence, and terror? well, we have given a statement in response of what president trump said three weeks back. and let me explain that again. 0ur talibans have almost 40% to 45% territory of afghanistan with them. kabul has no control on that territory. why would they need safe havens in pakistan, when they have their own territory, where they can move freely, without any hindrance, without any problem 7 so this is basically — you know, this is scapegoating pakistan for whatever has happened in afghanistan over the last 1.5 decades. at the peak, there were more than 100,000 american soldiers who were there, of the combined isaf forces. they have not achieved anything. they have lost territory. they have not really achieved what they wanted to achieve in afghanistan. now, scapegoating pakistan is easy. but the fact remains that they are fighting a battle which is not about to fin