ISLAMABAD - Adviser to the Pakistani Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz, on Monday said United States (US) policies were responsible for instability in South Asia, urging the Obama administration to analyse its role – and that of its allies – in the region.

Winding up discussion on an adjournment motion in the Upper House of Parliament, moved by Senator Mushahid Hussain, about US President Barack Obama's recent remarks that instability will continue for decades in Pakistan, Aziz said: "Pakistan's answer to instability is the strengthening democracy in the country."

"The US created 'holy warriors' in our tribal areas during the 'Afghan Jihad' and then left them as soon as the war was over, a factor which contributed to decades of instability in Pakistan and the region," asserted Aziz.

Talking about external threats to the country's stability, Aziz added that since 2013, Pakistan has been pursuing a policy of non-interference and is not taking part in other nations' wars.(Agencies)