US playing Afghan game: Iran

I believe that they themselves, who are now fighting militants in Afghanistan,are playing a double game,said Ahmadinejad,who has made several visits to the country. They themselves created terrorists and now theyre saying that they are fighting terrorists.

Gates,who left Afghanistan shortly before Ahmadinejad spoke,called Ahmadinejads visit to Kabul certainly fodder for all the conspiratorialists.

We think Afghanistan should have good relations with all its neighbours,but we want all of Afghanistans neighbors to deal fairly with President Hamid Karzais government, Gates said. Karzai said Iran was assisting Afghanistan with reconstruction projects,improving education and helping provide electricity.

We are very hopeful that our brother nation of Iran will work with us in bringing peace and security to Afghanistan so that both our countries will be secure, Karzai said before leaving for Islamabad.

Zardari,Karzai hold talks on terror

Islamabad: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and his visiting Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai on Wednesday held wide-ranging talks focussing on jointly fighting terrorism,strengthening bilateral ties and ways to address regional issues related to peace and security. Karzai,who arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday evening on a two-day visit,drove to the presidency and met Zardari soon after flying into the Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi. The two leaders expressed their resolve to remove misunderstandings of the past and to jointly move forward in the fight against militancy. PTI