Mark Lyall Grant, the UK High Commissioner to Pakistan, has said that the comments made by a Colonel of the UK Army regarding the presence of Taliban in Pakistan "in no way reflect the UK government's policy".
Colonel Chris Vernon, the chief of staff for southern Afghanistan, on Friday accused Pakistan of allowing the Taliban to use its territory as a headquarters for attacks on Western troops in Afghanistan. "The British government is concerned about insurgent activity in the border areas between Pakistan and Afghanistan. We know that the government of Pakistan shares this concern and is committed to dealing with the threat," he said. |