MONTREAL: Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer expressed concern on Monday that there was "some sympathy" within Pakistani security forces for Afghanistan's Taliban rebels. Downer said Taliban fighters were moving back and forth across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border. "They're finding refuge in Pakistan," he said at a news conference alongside Canadian Foreign Minister Peter MacKay in Canada. "There's no doubt there are people in Pakistan who support the Taliban, and we have some concerns that in the Pakistani security forces, there is some, what you might politely describe as sympathy for the Taliban," Downer added. |