Al
Qaeda leaders not in Afghanistan: Abdullah
Afghanistan’s
Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah was sure yesterday that Al-Qaeda
leader Osama bin Laden and Taleban leader Mullah Omar were not
present in his country.
He
admitted that there was a recent increase in Taleban’s operations
"was a matter of concern for us".
However, he told reporters that the security situation has improved
taking into consideration that 90% of the country was under the
control of Taleban and Al-Qaeda."
He
said that discussions between President Hamid Karzai and the
Pakistani leadership concentrated on ways to stop attacks from
Taleban and Al-Qaeda and to put an end to the infiltration on both
sides of the border.
Abdullah said that the government’s priority was to form a national
army that will be a beginning of a reconciliation.
On
the issue of cartoons offending the Prophet Muhammad, Abdullah
questioned the logic of destroying infrastructure and property
during demonstrations in order to show resentment. |