Outgoing US commander blames Pakistan for spike in Afghan attacks

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Attacks increased by 50 percent in April in Afghanistan's eastern region, as a spreading Taliban insurgency in Pakistan fuelled a surge in violence, the outgoing US commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan has claimed.

At a Pentagon news conference, Gen Dan K McNeill, who left Afghanistan on June 3 after 16 months of command in the country, said that stabilising Afghanistan would be impossible without a more robust military campaign against insurgents in Pakistan.

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2008\06\16\story_16-6-2008_pg1_5


"Hey, I've got a terrific idea for deflecting blame from the failed, "never enough boots on the ground" US and NATO-led military campaign in Afghanistan: LET'S BLAME PAKISTAN!!"

 

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Yes, let's blame Pakistan.