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Karzai: Target militants outside Afghanistan

Added At:  2010-07-29 3:17 PM  

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Afghan President Hamid Karzai takes a question during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Karzai says the release of secret documents have endangered the lives of Afghan citizens who have cooperated with the international forces.

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KABUL: Afghan President Hamid Karzai pushed his international partners on Thursday to take stronger action against terrorist sanctuaries outside of Afghanistan. In a clear reference to havens in Pakistan, Karzai said: "The international community is here to fight terrorism, but there is danger elsewhere and they are not acting."


Pressure is building on Pakistan to escalate the fight against militants on its soil, especially since the release of more than 90,000 leaked U.S. military documents posted Sunday on the Web by WikiLeaks. The trove of U.S. intelligence reports alleged close connections between Pakistan's intelligence agency and Taliban militants fighting Afghan and NATO troops in Afghanistan.


Pakistan called the accusations malicious and unsubstantiated, but the push to persuade Pakistan to do more to eliminate Islamic extremists on its soil continues.


In a wide-ranging news conference, Karzai said Afghanistan has deep ties with "our brothers" in Pakistan. He didn't mention Pakistan by name. But Karzai said while Afghanistan is working diplomatic channels to prevent nations from training, protecting and giving sanctuary to terrorists outside Afghanistan, only the international community has the capability of actually doing something about them.


"The question is, why are they not doing it?" Karzai said.


British Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday that Pakistan needs to make progress against terrorist groups on Pakistani soil.


"To be fair, the Pakistan government — they have taken action against these groups," he said.


But refusing to back down from comments he made this week in India, Cameron added: "We need them to do more and we will support and help them as they do more."

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