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Pakistan snubbed by Afghan President Ashraf Ghani for giving 'sanctuary' to terrorists
NEW DELHI: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani today snubbed Pakistan for exporting terror by saying that the $500 million promised by Islamabad for Afghan reconstruction would be better used fighting terrorism.
Cross border terrorism is a major concern and "we need aid to fight terrorism", said Ghani at the Heart of Asia conference in Amritsar+ .
"We need to identify cross-border terrorism and a fund to combat terrorism. Pakistan has pledged 500 million dollars for Afghanistan's development. This amount, Mr. Aziz, can be spent to contain extremism," Ghani said, directly addressing Pakistan's foreign policy chief Sartaj Aziz+ , who is also attending the conference.
"Afghanistan suffered the highest number of casualties last year. This is unacceptable...some still provide sanctuary for terrorists. As a Taliban figure said recently if they had no sanctuary in Pakistan, they wouldn't last a month," Ghani said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ctuary-to-terrorists/articleshow/55787178.cms
NEW DELHI: Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani today snubbed Pakistan for exporting terror by saying that the $500 million promised by Islamabad for Afghan reconstruction would be better used fighting terrorism.
Cross border terrorism is a major concern and "we need aid to fight terrorism", said Ghani at the Heart of Asia conference in Amritsar+ .
"We need to identify cross-border terrorism and a fund to combat terrorism. Pakistan has pledged 500 million dollars for Afghanistan's development. This amount, Mr. Aziz, can be spent to contain extremism," Ghani said, directly addressing Pakistan's foreign policy chief Sartaj Aziz+ , who is also attending the conference.
"Afghanistan suffered the highest number of casualties last year. This is unacceptable...some still provide sanctuary for terrorists. As a Taliban figure said recently if they had no sanctuary in Pakistan, they wouldn't last a month," Ghani said.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...ctuary-to-terrorists/articleshow/55787178.cms
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