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| Pakistan denies Karzai assassination allegation |
| 2008-06-27 |
| Pakistan on Thursday dismissed allegations that the ISI was behind the recent attempt to assassinate President Hamid Karzai. Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammed Sadiq said such allegations were “irresponsible” and seemed intended to “reignite a blame game” between the two countries. Mr. Sadiq said the Pakistani leadership had condemned the attack on Mr. Karzai, and in the subsequent meetings between the leaderships of the countries, Afghanistan had not given any hint of any misgivings about this. “Against this background, it is a bit surprising that such allegations are levelled against Pakistan and at this stage,” he said. He pointed to media reports that suggested the assassination attempt was the result of a massive intelligence and security failure, or due to problems between the Afghan intelligence agencies and the government. “We have noted that most of the people arrested after the attack were employees of the Afghan government, including the Ministry of Defence,” he said. He said Pakistan hoped Afghanistan would adopt a “serious attitude” and “desist from vitiating the atmosphere of bilateral relations with Pakistan.” |
| Posted by:Fred |