From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Wed Feb 22 2006 - 09:58:06 EST
KABUL SAYS TALIBAN LIST PRESENTED TO ISLAMABAD
Afghan deputy presidential spokesman Siamak Herawi told RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan on 21 February that he is surprised by Islamabad's announcement that it does not have a list of wanted fugitives from the Afghan government. Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that during his recent trip to Islamabad, he gave his hosts a list of enemies of Afghanistan in Pakistan, but Pakistani Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasneen Aslam denied receiving such a list (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 21 February 2006). According to Herawi, the Afghan delegation presented Pakistani officials with evidence of activities aimed at destabilizing Afghanistan, including the names of Taliban members allegedly living in Pakistan. Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Nawid Ahmad Moez told Radio Free Afghanistan on 21 February that Kabul related "at the highest level" to the Pakistani authorities specific information on people believed to be involved in terrorism in Afghanistan. Moez said the information did not include an alphabetical list of names
, but rather the names of the people of concern for Afghanistan were included as part of the evidence presented to the Pakistanis. AT
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