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Leaked NATO Report Shows Pakistan Support For Taliban |
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Wednesday, 1 February 2012A leaked NATO report says Pakistani secret services are helping Afghanistan's Taliban militants.
The BBC and "The Times" newspaper in London are reporting that the NATO document says "Pakistan's manipulation of the Taliban senior leadership continues unabatedly" and that "ISI [Pakistani Intelligence Service] officers tout the need for continued jihad and expulsion of foreign invaders from Afghanistan."
Pakistan's Foreign Ministry has responded calling the report "frivolous" and saying Pakistan is "committed to non-interference in Afghanistan."
Taliban Fighters Killed
News of the alleged leaked report came as Pakistan's military said warplanes killed up to 31 Taliban fighters in an attack on hideouts in the country's northwestern tribal area.
Political administrators Wajid Khan and Amir Gul said bombing operations had taken place early on the morning morning of February 1 in the Orakzai and Kurram tribal areas.
A military official speaking under condition of anonymity said four hideouts in the Orakzai district used by supporters of Taliban commanders Mullah Tufan and commander Moheyuddin were destroyed.
The same official said commander Moheyuddin might have been killed in the bombing also.
The attacks come after fierce fighting in the Kurram district where Pakistani government troops and militants fought over a strategic mountaintop overlooking routes in Afghanistan.
Some 60 combatants were killed in that battle. |
Wednesday, 1 February 2012
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