ISLAMABAD, 03 October 2021, (TON): Prime Minister Imran Khan has said "sooner or later" the United States will have to recognise the Taliban government in Afghanistan.

In an interview with TRT World, the premier said hearings of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee clearly implied that Americans were "completely surprised" by the Taliban coming back to power.

PM Imran said "they [US] are trying to find scapegoats and one of them is Pakistan,"

He said emphasising that this was not a rational mindset for a way forward.

He insisted that if the US kept Afghan reserves frozen and the Afghanistan government collapsed in its wake, “the biggest loser will be the people of the country.”

Imran said he found that President Biden was being "unfairly targeted" over the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. He questioned how it could be anyone's fault when the Afghan army itself collapsed.

The prime minister said “the Taliban movement grew over a period of time in the face of US drone attacks and collateral damage from such attacks.