KABUL, Feb 18: Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday he hoped Pakistan would take action on a list of names and addresses of Taliban leaders that was presented to Islamabad during his visit last week.
The list included “detailed information” about members of the ousted Taliban government, he said.
“A series of very detailed information on individuals, their locations and other issues was given and we hope that steps will be taken,” Mr Karzai said at a media briefing about his three-day visit which ended Friday.
Asked if those on the list were Taliban leaders, the president said, “This includes anyone who harms Afghanistan, leaders and non-leaders.”
He denied reports there were 150 names on the list but would not say how many there were.
“We have given the information but if things do not change, then Afghanistan will make its stand clear,” Karzai said.
“This is the right of Afghanistan to do whatever is in its ability for the security and safety of its people and soil and its development,” he said.
An intelligence official said separately that the list included the addresses and details of Taliban operatives in Quetta, Peshawar and Karachi.
Much of the information was not new to Pakistan, he said.
It “was detailed accurate information even in some cases with house addresses attached. They already knew and ignored it and I am not very optimistic they will crackdown on them now,” he said.
Mr Karzai’s visit to Pakistan, his sixth since he took the helm in late 2001, was focused on the insurgency which has showed no signs of abating.
Mr Karzai said the fight against terrorism was in everyone’s interests.— AFP
