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Pakistan needs to target Taliban, says Abdullah
 Pakistan needs to do more to combat Taliban elements on its territory, said Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah here Monday. Pakistan's efforts against Al Qaeda have been much appreciated but it needs to treat the Taliban the same way, Abdullah said, during a talk at the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank here.Extremist elements in northwest Pakistan are recruiting, training and sending groups of Taliban to Afghanistan, he said. "We don't make a distinction between foreign Al Qaeda, or Talibans who are involved in terrorist action. That is what is expected so we try to convince (Pakistan) that this is in their best interest," he added. "In many areas of our relations there have been a lot of progress in the past four and a half years. In the security field, we need to work more together. If everybody believes that there are some training camps there in Pakistan, those are not doing good for anybody. Those are sources of instability and terror. If we all know that the leaders of Taliban there, that they are active, acting behind what is happening in Afghanistan - it will have implications for all of us in the region." Posted by: Fred 2006-03-21 |
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