Imran Khan said in 1983 that US President Ronald Reagan compared the leader of the Mujahideen with the founding father of the United States. Shebaz Sharif said that this is based on fake news. Pakistani opposition politicians criticized Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan for saying at the UN General Assembly that in 1983, US President Ronald Reagan invited jihadists to the White House and combined them with the “founding fathers of the United States.”
This speech went viral on social media, and many people called it fake news. Imran Khan also mentioned in his speech that this was “according to some reports.” This is what Imran Khan said: “Pakistan and the United States trained jihadist organizations to fight for the liberation of Afghanistan. Among these jihadist organizations are Al Qaeda and various groups from all over the world. There are jihadists, Afghan jihadists.
They think that they are heroes. President Ronald Reagan invited them to the White House in 1983. According to a news report, he compared them to the founding fathers of the United States. They are heroes,” Imran Khan said. Shehbaz Sharif, the chairman of PML-N, stated that the video dispels all suspicions that Imran Khan always believes in fake news rather than facts. Sheikhbaz Sharif wrote on Twitter: “The embarrassing gaffe of President Reagan’s comments on the Afghan jihadists further proves his incompetence and shows his ignorance.”
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