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| Dadfar Spanta Says Afghan War Ends Only by Targeting Bad Guys in Pakistan |
| 2010-08-26 |
| [Tolo News] The National Security Advisor for President Karzai remarked on Wednesday that the Afghan war will not come to an end without targeting militants' hide-outs in Pakistan In an exclusive interview with TOLOnews, Karzai's National Security Advisor, Dr Rangin Dadfar Spanta said the international community and Afghan government have sufficient documents that prove insurgency is backed and fueled by Pakistan. "Based on the documents that the United States and our other allies have, the insurgents have sanctuaries, training centres and plenty of funding sources in Pakistan. They are trained there and attack our country," he said. He slammed the western countries for looking both ways and said on the one hand they introduce Pakistan to the world as their ally fighting against terrorism and on the other hand their troops are killed by the insurgents who are fueled by Pakistan's spy organisation. "It is not fair to introduce the backers of terrorism and those who train terrorists as our ally to the world. This double game policy is not acceptable, and Afghanistan must respond as a victim of this issue," he said. Dr Spanta thinks one of the reasons behind the government's inability to enforce law is that the corrupt ones have not been sued. The Afghans have run out of patience and the Afghan government should do its best to win people's support. And the government, in cooperation with the international community, must focus more on the roots of terrorism outside Afghan borders, he said. Pakistan Tuesday rejected remarks made by Dr Spanta that Pakistan hosts terrorists. Following WikiLeaks' disclosure of nearly 100,000 secret US military files on the Afghan war the flow of criticisms toward Pakistan intensified and even the UK's premier, David Cameron, commented "Pakistan must not be allowed to promote export of terror." Pakistan rejects the remarks at a time that top US officials and International community have consistently blamed the country for fuelling an insurgency in Afghanistan that sacrifices scores of civilians and Afghan and foreign troops monthly. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 No cross-border safe haven? Gee, what a concept! |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-08-26 13:11 |