Afghanistan will support Pakistan in case of war with US - Karzai
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In case of war between Pakistan and the U.S., or any other country, Kabul will support Islamabad, Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai said on Saturday. "If, Lord forbid, a war begins between Pakistan and the USA, Afghanistan will be on the side of Pakistan," Karzai said in an interview to Pakistani television channel. Karzai added that no other state, including China, India or the U.S., could ever set Afghan people against Pakistan, but also mentioned the difficulties in relations between the two countries. He asked Pakistan to give up the actions harmful for Afghanistan. His remarks came in the wake of Sec. of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Islamabad with a high-powered delegation when she warned Pakistan against harboring Haqqani terrorists. Tensions between the two neighboring countries started after Burhanuddin Rabbani, who headed the Afghan High Peace Council, was killed in a suicide blast at his house and assassination attempt on Karzai. According to Kabul, Taliban-backed Haqqani militant network which is associated with Pakistani secret services is implicated in both of the crimes. Relations between the two states deteriorated after al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed on May 2 in the Pakistani town of Abbottabad, north of the capital Islamabad, during a raid by U.S. Navy Special Forces. Pakistan says it was not notified of the operation beforehand. |
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