Pakistan will absolutely not allow any US bases: Imran Khan

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ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan Saturday categorically said Pakistan would ‘absolutely not’ allow any bases and use of its territory for any sort of action inside Afghanistan.

“Absolutely not! There is no way we are going to allow any bases, any sort of action from the Pakistani territory into Afghanistan,” he told "Axios on HBO" in an interview.

In an excerpt of the interview (full interview to be aired Sunday) shared Saturday on Axios website, interviewer Jonathan Swan questions, “Would you allow the American government to have CIA here in Pakistan to conduct crossborder counterterrorism missions against Al-Qaeda ISIS or the Taliban?”

Stunned over his clear-cut response of “absolutely not,” the interviewer interrupted the prime minister asking, “Seriously?” to reconfirm his words.

"Axios on HBO” is a documentary-news programme that combines the reporting of Axios journalists with the expertise of HBO filmmakers to explore the collision of tech, media, business, and politics.

The series has featured interviews with former US president Donald Trump, Sundar Pichai, Elon Musk, Mary Barra, now US President Joe Biden, Andrew Yang and Kamala Harris, among others.

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