| KABUL: Afghanistan on Sunday accused Pakistan of trying to play down the threat of "international terrorism" by labelling the Taliban uprising in Afghanistan an ethnic issue. Addressing a news conference in Kabul, Afghan Foreign Minister Rangeen Dadfar Spanta responded to the claim made by President Musharraf that Taliban insurgents had roots among Afghanistan's Pashtun tribes. In a clear reference to Pakistan, the Afghan foreign minister went on to say: "The terrorism which is religious extremism is a global network operating against Afghanistan and other democratic states from Russia to India to America with the support of a country... Terrorism is not an ethnic issue.” |