karachi pakistan pakistan reject u.s. criticism efforts fight terrorism say make scapegoat failure u.s. military win war afghanistan u.s. president donald trump unveil policy afghanistan monday step military campaign taliban insurgents single pakistan harbor u.s. officials late warn aid pakistan might cut washington might downgrade nuclear-armed pakistan status major non-nato ally order pressure help bring end america longest-running war pakistan powerful military chief general qamar javed bajwa meet u.s. ambassador david hale wednesday tell pakistan actively work peace afghanistan do lot ... shall keep best appease anyone line national interest national policy bajwa quote army press statement tell hale pakistani foreign minister khawaja asif add voice chorus indignation u.s. criticism reiterate pakistan denial harbor militants make pakistan scapegoat failures afghanistan asif say interview geo tv late tuesday group influential pakistani clerics include sami-ul haq run islamic seminary many senior afghan taliban study angrily condemn unite state america enemy muslim ummah community haq tell press brief along clerics preach jihadist doctrine government pakistan quit alliance war so-called terrorism haq add heavens fall america get angry us pakistan years battle homegrown islamist militants seek overthrow state bomb attack assassinations critics say pakistani military nurture islamist factions include afghan taliban see useful pakistan core confrontation old rival india asif say pakistan suffer great losses islamist militancy government estimate 70,000 casualties militant attack include 17,000 pakistanis kill since pakistan join u.s. war terrorism sept. 11 2001 attack unite state relationship two countries endure periods extreme strain past decade especially al qaeda leader osama bin lade find kill u.s. special force pakistan 2011 raid last year u.s. drone strike kill then-afghan taliban leader mullah akhtar mansour southwestern pakistan attack islamabad protest violation sovereignty pakistan deny knowledge either bin lade mansour country pakistan reject role 'scapegoat u.s. failures afghanistan