Former president and current All Pakistan Muslim League (APML) chief Pervez Musharraf has said that the United States of using Pakistan as a scapegoat for its failure in Afghanistan.

In an exclusive video link interview with private news channel, Musharraf said that Pakistani forces should use whatever influence they have and tell the Haqqanis not to cross the border.

Terming the recent statements by former Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee chairman, Admiral Mike Mullens that Pakistan’s ISI was supporting the Haqqani network as irresponsible, Musharraf said that the blame game needs to stop and that Pakistan and the US need to come onto the same page against a common enemy.

He said that the world needs to understand the standpoint of Pakistan, and unless the US stops violating Pakistani interests, there would be no more alliance.

Musharraf also insisted that the future lay in talking to the peace-seeking Taliban, and pointed out that while not all Pashtun were Taliban, all Taliban were Pashtun.

The former president stressed on the need to identify the peace-seeking Taliban and hold reconciliatory talks with them.

Unfortunately, this selective process has been dubbed by the US as a sort of double game, he added.