A spokesman for Afghanistan's Taliban Mujahideen today said the British people were paying the price for the evil of their rulers, but that the Taliban had nothing to do with Thursday's bomb attacks in London. According to reports from Urdu language Jassarat, Abdul Latif Hakimi, spokesman for the Taliban, said the group was neither sad nor happy about the attacks carried out in London but endeavoured to distance themselves from any responsibility to the attack.
"The people of Britain are facing trouble only because of the evil deeds and oppression of their rulers," spokesman Abdul Latif Hakimi said by telephone from an undisclosed location. "Had these blasts been directed at Britain's military targets or inflicted losses on the British government then we would have been very happy," he said.
Taliban fighters would attack British troops in Afghanistan but they were not involved in the London bombs, he said. "We will take revenge on Britain in Afghanistan but, nevertheless, the Taliban have nothing to do with these blasts." |