New Delhi, Feb. 12 -- The United States has used Pakistan for its own strategic interests and treated the country "worse than toilet paper", defence minister Khawaja Asif has said in parliament. Pakistan's decision to realign with Washington after 1999, especially in connection with Afghanistan, caused long-term harm to the country, he said, according to media reports and videos circulating online. He described Islamabad's role in the two Afghan wars as "a mistake," adding that the terrorism Pakistan faces today is a consequence of those past decisions. He said Pakistan paid a heavy price for rebuilding ties with the United States after 1999, particularly in the period following the September 11, 2001, attacks. Asif held former military rulers Zia-ul-Haq and Pervez Musharraf responsible for pushing Pakistan into foreign conflicts. He said that the country continued to suffer the impact of those decisions even after its allies had moved on. HTC...