Afghan leader calls for world's help in fighting Taliban
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The Afghan president Hamid Karzai is urging the world to target the Taliban in Pakistan.
He added that operations by foreign troops in his country has only led to civilian deaths among Afghans and not success in the war.
Afghanistan and Pakistan are both important U.S. allies but ties between the two neighbours have for decades been dogged by a border dispute.
Recently, Kabul openly accused Pakistan of involvement in violence in Afghanistan, where the Taliban and al Qaeda militants routinely attack foreign and Afghan forces.
President Karzai told reporters that if the world acts properly now and pays attention to the nests of terrorists and their training sites, the problem of the region would be solved.
Pakistani intelligence accused of aiding Taliban insurgency
The commander of the international military forces in Afghanistan says Pakistan's intelligence agency is helping the Taliban to pursue the insurgency.
US General David D. McKiernan says Afghanistan has seen a 50 percent rise in attacks in some areas this year, with the number of foreign fighters, including Europeans, increasing.
He says there certainly is a level of ISI complicity in the militant areas in Pakistan and organisations such as the Taliban.
He says Pakistan's spy agency is helping militant groups that come out of the tribal areas in Pakistan.
His comments echo allegations by Afghan President Hamid Karzai and others.
Mr Karzai has directly accused the ISI of fuelling the unrest in Afghanistan, but Pakistan rejects the claim.
General McKiernan, who took command of the 53,000-strong ISAF force in June says the increase in unrest in Afghanistan is in part because Afghan and international troops have pushed into new areas.
