Debate With Arnab: Khawaja Asif Admits Pakistan Used And Thrown Like A 'Toilet Paper'

Pakistan Defence Minister Khawaja Asif stunned lawmakers with a brutal admission that the US exploited Islamabad as "worse than toilet paper" in its post-1999 Afghanistan wars, using the nation for strategic gains before discarding it amid violence and economic ruin. Speaking in Parliament on February 10, 2026, he slammed past leaders like Zia-ul-Haq and Pervez Musharraf for dragging Pakistan into foreign conflicts under false "jihad" pretexts, reshaping education to fuel radicalization whose scars persist today.

Asif rejected religious justifications for proxy wars, urging self-reliance over seeking "sponsors" in Washington or Moscow, in a rare official reckoning of alliances that cost Pakistan dearly without reciprocity.
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Debate with Arnab unpacks this confession amid India-Pakistan tensions, questioning if Asif's outburst signals policy shifts under Shehbaz Sharif or exposes decades of hypocrisy. Expect explosive panels on terror blowback, US duplicity, and implications for regional stability as Arnab grills experts live.