Karzai threatens to pursue militants into Pakistan

KABUL-Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday threatened to send troops into Pakistan to kill Taliban militants if they pursued cross-border attacks into Afghanistan.Pakistan said any action against militants on its soil would be undertaken only by its own forces.Self-proclaimed Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud and other Taliban officials in recent weeks have vowed to send fighters into Afghanistan to battle Afghan and foreign forces."This means that Afghanistan has the right of self defense," Karzai said, when asked to comment on the threats."When they cross the territory from Pakistan to come and kill Afghans and kill coalition troops, it exactly gives us the right to go back and do the same. Therefore, Baitullah Mehsud should know that we will go after him now and hit him in his house."Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesman said Pakistan had a clear position that U.S.-led coalition forces and Afghan forces could take whatever action they wanted against militants in Afghanistan but on the Pakistani side of the border only Islamabad's own forces were allowed to operate."The spokesman emphasized that any statement that negated this basic principle neither helped in the war on terrorism nor promoted stability in the region," the official Associated Press of Pakistan reported.Pakistan, wary of a backlash from Pashtun tribes living on its long border with Afghanistan, has ruled out allowing foreign troops to operate on its territory, though U.S. forces have carried out several airstrikes inside Pakistan targeting al Qaeda militants and their allies. To read more go to:
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