By Jason Straziuso
KABUL, Afghanistan | Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened Sunday to send Afghan troops after notorious Taliban leaders inside Pakistan in an angry warning to his eastern neighbor that he will no longer tolerate cross-border attacks.
The threat - the first time Mr. Karzai has said he would send forces into Pakistan - comes only days after a sophisticated Taliban assault on Kandahar's prison freed at least 870 prisoners, and six weeks after Mr. Karzai survived his fourth assassination attempt.
Mr. Karzai has long pleaded with Pakistan and the international community to confront tribal-area safe havens, and U.S. officials have increased their warnings in recent weeks that the sanctuaries in Pakistan must be dealt with. Read more ...
KABUL, Afghanistan | Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened Sunday to send Afghan troops after notorious Taliban leaders inside Pakistan in an angry warning to his eastern neighbor that he will no longer tolerate cross-border attacks.
The threat - the first time Mr. Karzai has said he would send forces into Pakistan - comes only days after a sophisticated Taliban assault on Kandahar's prison freed at least 870 prisoners, and six weeks after Mr. Karzai survived his fourth assassination attempt.
Mr. Karzai has long pleaded with Pakistan and the international community to confront tribal-area safe havens, and U.S. officials have increased their warnings in recent weeks that the sanctuaries in Pakistan must be dealt with. Read more ...
Source: AP
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