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'Pakistan-based Qaeda behind Karzai attack bid'
Al Qaeda based in Pakistan were behind last weeks assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Afghanistans intelligence chief said on Sunday. The head of Afghanistans National Directorate of Security, Amrullah Saleh, said foreign governments should put pressure on Pakistan to target militant bases within its own borders.Taliban gunmen fired rocket-propelled grenades and small arms at a state parade last Sunday, sending Karzai, his cabinet, top military officials and foreign diplomats diving for cover. Three people were shot dead before Afghan troops killed the three Taliban attackers. They had links with Al Qaeda in Miranshah, Pakistans tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, Saleh said, and branded the network the mastermind of the attack, the most brazen by the Taliban since they were driven from power in 2001. Posted by: Fred 2008-05-05 |
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