NEW YORK/WASHINGTON:Amid escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, US President Donald Trump has said he gets along with Pakistan very well and that the country is doing “terrifically well”.

“I would, but I get along with Pakistan very well, very, very well. You have a great Prime Minister, you have a great General there. You have a great leader, two of the people that I really respect a lot, and I think that Pakistan is doing terrifically well,” he said.

Trump was responding to a question on Pakistan waging an “open war” against Afghanistan and whether he would intervene to stop the fighting.