Afghanistan urged Pakistan on Tuesday to crack down on militants hiding in its territory, a day after it was revealed that Afghan intelligence agents scuttled a plot by three Pakistanis to assassinate US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad.
"Some senior members of the Taliban, including some who are involved in killings and are considered terrorists, are in Pakistan," presidential spokesman Jawed Ludin said at a press conference in the capital, Kabul. He said Islamabad wasn't doing enough to crack down on the militants, and said there would never be peace in Afghanistan until the two nations "join hands together to fight terrorism."
| Ummm... Right. That'll happen. For one thing, Kabul has better control over Paktia and Paktika than Islamabad has over Waziristan, North or South... |
"Our people are dying, our schools are getting burned, our mosques are getting blown up and our clergy are getting assassinated," he said. "Some provinces of the country, especially in regions that are close to Pakistani soil, are insecure in many ways."
| "... and we think that proximity's the cause. Since we can't move those provinces, we want you guys to knock it off." |
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