Pakistan hasn’t been fair to United States, says Trump

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration, which is yet to formally order a drawdown in Afghanistan-based troops, has initiated peace talks with the Taliban.

Trump also told his cabinet colleagues he had ended USD1.3 billion in aid to Pakistan because it sheltered US enemies. At the same time, the president said he would be meeting the new leadership of Pakistan soon.

“I want people to treat us fairly,” he said, noting heads of countries had told him they were involved in the war in Afghanistan by just sending some 100 or 200 soldiers. But the conflict has cost the US billions of dollars.

Pakistan, he alleged, had not been fair to the United States. “We want to have a great relationship with Pakistan, but they house the enemy. They take care of the enemy. We just can’t do that,” he said.

“So, I look forward to meeting with the folk from and the new leadership in Pakistan. We will be doing that in the not-too-distant future. But I ended USD1.3 billion that we paid. We were just paying to Pakistan. So, I ended that.”