Afghans have broken 'shackles of slavery': Pakistan PM Imran Khan

Pakistan is accused of facilitating the Taliban rebellion which ultimately resulted in the capturing of the country after being ousted about 20 years ago.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on August 16 said that Afghanistan has broken the "shackles of slavery", in the neighbouring war-torn country. His statement comes only a day after the closed in on Kabul before entering the city and took over the presidential palace, forcing embattled President Ashraf Ghani to join fellow citizens and foreigners to flee the country. Mr. Khan made these remarks while addressing a ceremony to launch the first phase of the Single National Curriculum (SNC) from Grade 1 to 5, which was part of the manifesto of his ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party. The Premier spoke how the parallel education system led to the existence of "English medium" schools, resulting in the adoption of "someone else's culture", in Pakistan.