Afghan Violence Shatters Pakistan Alliance

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By PAUL HAVEN, Associated Press Writer
Wed Jun 22, 4:29 AM ET



KABUL, Afghanistan - The bombings are more frequent. The battlefield clashes have intensified. Three months of unprecedented bloodshed have shaken confidence in Afghanistan's future, and senior officials are pointing fingers at a familiar foe: Pakistan.


Officials say three Pakistanis' alleged involvement in a plot to assassinate the U.S. ambassador here is evidence that Islamabad is not doing enough to stop terrorism, or is complicit in it.

The rift is bad news for Washington — which counts both countries as essential allies in the war on terrorism.

Afghan officials have charged for weeks that Taliban and al-Qaida agents were slipping in from Pakistan — and that they were behind two deadly suicide bombings, the kidnapping and killing of Afghan security forces, and several major confrontations with the U.S.-led coalition.

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[Spazito]

1. That CAN'T be true, it has to be a lie!

bush said the Taliban and al Qaida were defeated in Afghanistan and it was now the model for Iraq! We know the prez doesn't lie so it MUST be that damn media again.

:sarcasm: