We are victims of war: Malik

Interior Minister Rehman Malik strongly denying a BBC report that alleged the Pakistani military, along with its intelligence arm, supplied and protected the Afghan Taliban and al Qaeda said that Pakistanis are victims of war.
A number of middle-ranking Taliban commanders detailed what they said was extensive Pakistani support in interviews for a BBC documentary series, the first part of which was broadcast on Wednesday.
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik, on a visit to Britain, criticised the program, telling a London news conference that the Taliban were trying to create a wedge between their adversaries by making such allegations.
“We are victims, victims of war, we have lost over 35,000 innocent people, including senior officers, policemen, and normal foot soldiers. I think doubting us is really heartbreaking … We have stood in the front line,” Malik said, referring to Pakistan’s fight against militant groups.
“We are facing these suicide bombers on a daily basis. If they had been trained by us, we should not be getting ourselves killed,” he said.
Malik said that “if Pakistan has recruited some people for intelligence purposes”, that did not mean it supported them.
He suggested the US Central Intelligence Agency and Britain’s security service also had connections with the Haqqani group or other militants because they were hunting for intelligence and recruiting sources.