Thursday, March 26, 2009

Afghan Intel Chief: Pakistan Spies Support Taliban

Hospital workers carry the body of a suspected Taliban nto a hospital after he was killed in an ambush in the outskirts of Ghazni west of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, March 26, 2009. Taliban militants attacked a police convoy in central Ghazni province Thursday, wounding six policemen, said regional police spokesman Iqbal Gul Sapan. Four militants were also killed in the clash in Nani village near the provincial capital, he said. (AP Photo/Rahmat Naikzad)

From Yahoo News/AP:

KABUL – Afghanistan's intelligence chief accused Pakistan's spy agency of helping Taliban militants to carry out attacks in his country like the ones that killed 10 policemen Thursday.

Afghanistan has repeatedly called on Pakistan to sever all links with the Taliban, which came to power in Afghanistan in the 1990s with significant support from Pakistan's military intelligence agency, known as the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI. Pakistan's government insists it no longer supports the militant group, but the country's civilian leaders have limited control over the agency.

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My Comment: The Afghan Intelligence Chief is probably right, but unfortunately Pakistan is in a state of complete disarray at the present moment.

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