Plot blamed on Pakistan
The plot to kill President Hamid Karzai during the weekend was hatched in lawless tribal areas of neighboring Pakistan, the Afghan intelligence chief said today.
The accusation came just hours after Afghan security forces raided a Kabul hideout of militants with suspected links to the attack on Karzai.
Intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh said there was no evidence that Pakistan’s government or its intelligence agencies were involved in the assassination attempt Sunday.
"We have no evidence whether ... the operation has had any mercy or go-ahead from the government of Pakistan and (its) special agencies," Saleh told reporters in Kabul. "There (is) very, very strong evidence suggesting that Pakistan’s soil once again has been used to inflict pain on our nation."
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The militants in the weekend plot were in phone contact with people in Pakistan’s Bajaur and North Waziristan tribal areas and the northwestern city of Peshawar, he said.
