Posted on 03/26/2009 9:21:42 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
KABUL – Afghanistan's intelligence chief accused Pakistan's spy agency of helping Taliban militants to carry out attacks in his country like the ones that killed 10 policemen Thursday.
Afghanistan has repeatedly called on Pakistan to sever all links with the Taliban, which came to power in Afghanistan in the 1990s with significant support from Pakistan's military intelligence agency, known as the Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence, or ISI. Pakistan's government insists it no longer supports the militant group, but the country's civilian leaders have limited control over the agency.
The allegations came ahead of the unveiling of President Barack Obama's new strategy to curb rising violence in Afghanistan. Obama called the leaders of both Afghanistan and Pakistan to brief them on the new U.S. strategy on Thursday.
Afghanistan's intelligence chief, Amrullah Saleh, told the parliament Wednesday that the Pakistani agency provides support to the Taliban leadership council in the Pakistani city of Quetta headed by the group's supreme leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar. He said the council sends militants over the border into Afghanistan to attack Afghan and international forces.
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