We did indeed go to war because we were attacked on 9/11. The time for sitting still and letting Moslem fanatics and those who aid, support, train and give them haven get a free ride is over.
Karzai Asks Musharraf for Border Help
Pakistani Fighters Threaten Stability, Afghan Officials Say
By N.C. Aizenman
Washington Post Foreign Service
Wednesday, June 22, 2005; Page A13
KABUL, Afghanistan, June 21 -- President Hamid Karzai asked Pakistan's president, Gen. Pervez Musharraf in a lengthy telephone conversation Tuesday to halt what Afghan authorities said has been a stream of terrorists coming across the Pakistan-Afghan border with the tacit consent of Pakistani authorities, a senior Afghan official said.
According to a statement released by Karzai's office, Musharraf "assured [Karzai] of Pakistan's continued support," and Karzai said he "appreciated Pakistan's role in the war against terrorism." The statement said both leaders "agreed to strengthen engagement and cooperation in the security area."
But the Afghan official's account of the phone call, which was initiated by Musharraf, presented a bleaker picture of relations between the two countries. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Afghanistan feared that Pakistan was seeking to destabilize its neighbor as parliamentary elections approach in September and was allowing insurgents linked to the ousted Taliban regime to launch a campaign of violence....
"There are obvious signs and proof that these people are coming from Pakistan, and the hard evidence makes it less convincing when we are told all this is happening without the Pakistani government knowing, and without it being able to control it," presidential spokesman Jawad Luddin said at a news conference on Tuesday.
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