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Pakistan’s powerful military on Thursday dismissed ousted former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s accusation that the United States had conspired to topple him in a parliamentary vote of confidence. Khan, 69, who led the nuclear-armed South Asian country of 220 million people for three and a half years, accused Washington of backing his ouster because he had visited Moscow against US advice. Washington denies the charge. Khan met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 24 February, the day Russian forces brutally invaded neighbouring Ukraine. Khan initially blocked the no-confidence move, saying a…