New Delhi, Feb. 11 -- Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has accused the US of exploiting Islamabad for its strategic interests and then discarding it as "like a toilet paper."

Speaking in Parliament, Asif is heard saying in the video that Pakistan's decision to once again align with Washington after 1999, particularly in relation to Afghanistan, inflicted lasting damage on the country.

Asif accused late military rulers Zia-ul-Haq and Pervez Musharraf of entangling Pakistan in external wars, leaving the country to absorb the fallout long after its allies moved on.

"I was listening to Hillary Clinton's speech. She has explained everything on how they exploited Pakistan. Its a landmark speech. And it says how they used as as tissue...