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Prime Minister Imran Khan Speech today at Islamabad | 26th August 2021
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday called upon the world to help Afghanistan achieve peace after the decades of turmoil it has suffered.
"The world should try its best to bring peace in Afghanistan. There has been conflict there for 40 years. Their people have faced such hardships.
"It is time now that the world help Afghanistan achieve peace," he said, while addressing a ceremony at Islamabad's Convention Centre to unveil PTI's performance over the last three years.
"The Taliban are trying to reach an inclusive political settlement, which we wanted from them in the Doha talks, they are speaking of human rights and have granted a general amnesty, they have vowed they will not allow the use of their soil against any other country, and this is what the world wanted," he said.
PM Imran Khan said that the Afghan nation is a "brave nation, fearless and one to fight".
"If it wasn't, then we must remember that one million Afghans were martyred while fighting the Soviets. No one has fought like them for their independence.
"So we must ponder over this: why did they not fight? The Taliban were only 70,000-odd strong. And the army was 300,000 in number, equipped with weapons and tanks. Why did they not fight?
"Because no one fights for a corrupt government," he said, to applause by the audience.
The prime minister said that the Afghans have a "psyche" whereby whichever foreign power attempts to influence the country, the nation stands up against them. "They fight for their independence."
"So they were never going to fight for a Western-backed government."
The PTI has released a 256-page performance report to highlight the achievements since the party came into power in 2018.
The prime minister thanked his entire team and his allies — PML-Q, BAP and MQM, GDA — who stood with the party in the last three years.
Earlier in the ceremony, welcoming the audience, he especially greeted the newly elected Azad Jammu and Kashmir government representatives.
He quipped: "I was looking at Faisal Javed Khan. He is so enthused always whenever he gets a mic, he never lets go of it, like in our jalsa days."
The premier also lauded Sindh Governor Imran Ismail's talent for producing PTI anthems, saying it may very well overshadow his performance as a governor. Ismail earlier sang "tabdeeli aayi re" in the event, besides humming a tune in the making for "mujhhe kyoon nikala".
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