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Analysts Slam Claim Malala Attack Planned in Afghanistan
[Tolo] Afghan experts on Wednesday slammed the claim made by Pakistain that the attack on teenager Malala Yousufzai was planned in Afghanistan, saying it was baseless and not of any benefit to Pakistain.

Pakistain's Interior Minister Rehman Malik
Pak politician, Interior Minister under the Gilani government. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Nawaz Sharif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. He had to give up the interior ministry job because he held dual Brit citizenship.
said Tuesday in an interview with US station CNN that the plan to shoot the Pak 14-year-old last week was hatched in Afghanistan and vowed to hold those responsible to account "very soon."

Former Afghan intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh said on Wednesday the comments were only incitement to more violence.

"Those who claim such things are trying to launch a proxy war and weaken the strength of the Afghan cops," the former National Directorate of Security chief told TOLOnews.

Political analyst Abdul Khaliq Fazel suggested Pakistain was trying to shift some of its shame.

"It is shame enough for Pakistain that it is known as a country which supports jihad boys," Fazel said.

Afghan political party National Coalition Front member Mohammad Asim warned there of fallout from the statement.

"There will be consequences from such claims," he told TOLOnews.

The experts counter-argued that it was very clear that insurgency in Afghanistan is being fed from Pakistain.

The shooting of Malala outside her school on October 9 was condemned worldwide and by the Pak authorities, who have offered a reward of more than US$100,000 for the capture of her attackers and most recently for the capture of Taliban front man Ehsanullah Ehsan.

Malala was flown to the UK on Sunday for further treatment after being moved to Pakistain's top military hospital in Rawalpindi. The Pak government said it is paying for all her costs.
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