Taliban leaders in Pakistan directing Afghan violence

22 May 2006

The Afghan foreign minister said that the leaders of the Taliban and “other international terrorist groups” are directing attacks inside Afghanistan from bases in neighbouring Pakistan. Rangeen Dadfar Spanta’s comments follow similar statements last week by President Hamid Karzai and come amid some of the heaviest Taliban-linked fighting in Afghanistan in years. Islamabad has rejected such claims. Full Story

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