05-01-2008, 12:23 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Afghan spy chief claims Karzai plot hatched in Pakistan, Islamabad rejects claim KABUL, April 30 (Reuters): </b>The plot to kill President Hamid Karzai over the weekend was hatched in lawless tribal areas of neighboring Pakistan, the Afghan intelligence chief claimed on Wednesday. Intelligence chief Amrullah Saleh said there was no evidence that Pakistan's government or its intelligence agencies were involved. He claimed the militants involved in the weekend plot were in phone contact with people in Pakistan's Bajaur and North Waziristan tribal areas and the main northwestern city of Peshawar, he said. In an initial reaction, Pakistan army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said the allegation that the attack on Karzai had its roots in Pakistan's tribal areas appeared âbaseless.â âAnybody can say that militants (in the tribal areas) have done this or that,â Abbas said. âHow can one validate such claims?â (Posted @ 19:35 PST)
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