Khan also taunted the Trump administration on Wednesday by challenging the American president to explain how 'a couple of thousand or so (Taliban-allied) Haqqanis allegedly in Pakistan are supposed to be the cause of why the most well-equipped military force in history ... cannot succeed' in Afghanistan. Khan's rambling tweets also criticized Pakistan's participation in the US -led war on terror in which Islamabad is a US ally. He said he opposed the war on terror from its outset. The legendary cricketer, with a reputation internationally as a playboy and in Pakistan as an Islamic conservative, has ambitions to be Pakistan's next prime minister.