KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan government said Monday that the 91,000 leaked U.S. military documents verify Afghanistan’s long-held view that the war won’t end until terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan are shut down.
In Islamabad, the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence agency lashed out against the trove of leaked papers that alleged close connections between it and the Taliban militants who are fighting U.S., Afghan and NATO troops in Afghanistan. The ISI called the allegations, which have been repeated for years, unsubstantiated.
The documents were released by the online website Wikileaks.
“The recent documents leaked out to the media clearly support and verify Afghanistan’s all-time position that success over terrorism does not come with fighting in Afghan villages, but by targeting its sanctuaries and financial and ideological sources across the borders,” a statement issued by Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s office said.
Later, Karzai blasted NATO, saying a rocket attack last Friday killed 52 civilians in southern Afghanistan.
NATO said none of its initial reports confirmed any civilian deaths in the area or NATO rockets going astray.
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