Kabul backs Fata attack

Published September 9, 2008

BERLIN, Sept 8: Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta said on Monday the battle against insurgents in his country must be taken to its “breeding ground” in Pakistan.

Spanta was speaking in Berlin after talks with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

“The ideological and military training camps (for extremists active in Afghanistan) are in the mountains of Pakistan,” he told journalists, calling the region a “breeding ground for terrorists”.

“We need to stop that. We must not give them the chance to use terror as an instrument of foreign policy.” Spanta said.

—AFP

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