Afghan President Hamid Karzai asked his Western allies to destroy Islamist militant sanctuaries in neighbouring Pakistan after thousands of secret US files were leaked.
8220;The time has come for our international allies to know that the war against terrorism is not in Afghanistan8217;s homes and villages,8221; Karzai told a news conference in the Afghan capital Kabul.
8220;But rather this war is in the sanctuaries,funding centres and training places of terrorism which are outside Afghanistan.
8220;Whether we are able to destroy these sanctuaries or not is another question. We will try what we can8230; our international allies have this ability,but the question is why they are not doing it?8221;
His remarks came just two days after Afghanistan8217;s national security adviser,Rangeen Dadfar Spanta,called on the West to review policy towards Pakistan after leaked Pentagon documents pointed to Pakistani double-dealing.
Kabul has consistently accused Pakistan8217;s intelligence agency of supporting Taliban insurgents 8211;including masterminding attacks against Afghan and US-led targets in the country. Islamabad denies the claims.
Kabul said information contained in documents released on whistleblowing website WikiLeaks on Sunday backed its long-held position.
A secretive US drone war routinely targets Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked groups holed up in Pakistan8217;s lawless border districts with Afghanistan.