Speaking to reporters before heading to Texas, US President Donald Trump was asked about Pakistan’s retaliation to unprovoked aggression by the Afghan Taliban.

Asked whether someone had asked for him to intervene, Trump said, “Well, I would but I get along with Pakistan, as you know, very well. Very, very well.

“[They] have a great prime minister, a great general there … two of the people I really respect a lot,” he said.

“And I think that Pakistan is doing terrifically well,” he said.