Kabul - The NATO-commanded International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan have abandoned a remote outpost, days after militants forced their way inside it and killed nine US soldier
Islamabad, July 16: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that the US needs to focus on Afghanistan to curb a spurt in attacks by the Taliban as Pakistan has done enough to counter terrorism and extremism by breaking militant networks operating on its soil.
“We have got al Qaeda on the run. To a great extent we have broken many networks in Pakistan and we have banned many organisations in Pakistan. What they (the US) need to concentrate on, in my opinion, is Afghanistan,” Qureshi said.
“Afghanistan should acknowledge that there have been serious failings on their side and they need to improve an effort, they need to improve the Afghan government on their side,” the Daily Times quoted him, as saying.
Peshawar, July 16: The Hizb-e-Islami Afghanistan (HIA), a hard-line mujahideen group led by former Afghan Prime Minister Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, has blamed the Northern Alliance (NA) for the last week’s suicide attack on Indian embassy in Kabul killing 58 persons, including four Indians.
In a statement, the HIA said that the Alliance backed such terrorist attacks due to its animosity towards Pakistan.
However, the statement dismissed the allegations by Afghan President Hamid Karzai that Pakistan was behind the attack, the Daily Times reported.
“Certain leaders holding positions in Karzai’s cabinet belonged to the NA. Those (NA) people want to create differences between India and Pakistan with such tactics,” the statement added.
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