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Afghanistan Suspends Meetings With Pakistan

July 16th, 2008 by Sarah

Barnett R. Rubin at Informed Comment posts a statement by the Afghanistan Cabinet Meeting castigating Pakistan Intelligence for becoming “the largest center for breeding and exporting terrorism and extremism to the world and particularly to Afghanistan.”  Although it distinguished Pakistan Intelligence and from the country’s elected government, the statement held that Afghanistan will “suspend its bilateral and multilateral meetings and sessions [with Pakistan] until a positive spirit of dialogue and understanding for mutual trust is restored.”

In response, an editorial in The International News (Pakistan) criticizes the Afghanistan Cabinet Meeting  for amplifying tension between the two countries, as it “will only make the effort to combat terrorism more arduous” and add to speculation that the U.S. is considering raids into Pakistan. 

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