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Pakistan blames militants from Afghanistan for bombing
Submitted by Khushi in Politics, on the 12th of July, 2010 at 06:22:32am.
By Aleem Maqbool
BBC News, Islamabad
Rehman Malik says he has intelligence to prove his claims
Pakistan's interior minister says Nato and Afghanistan are not doing enough to stop Taliban militants crossing the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan.
Rehman Malik also disputed the widely-held belief that Pakistani militants are freely heading in the other direction to fight coalition troops.
He told the BBC that he blamed militants coming from Afghanistan for Friday's attack in Mohmand district.
The attack, the deadliest in Pakistan this year, killed more than 100 people.
It happened in an area the Pakistani government had recently claimed had been cleared of militants and said was safe for civilians to return to.
Mr Malik says he has intelligence information to prove that the attackers had crossed the border from Afghanistan.
Aftermath of attack in Yakaghund village The Mohmand explosions flattened several buildings
He said he had "demanded" that the Afghan government and Nato "stop border infiltration".
But there is considerable evidence to suggest militants have been heading in the opposite direction relatively freely - something Mr Malik claims his government has put a stop to.
And, of course, the attacks in Pakistan have been taking place not just in tribal border areas like Mohmand, but right across the country.
That has caused a great deal of anger among Pakistanis, many of whom believe their government simply does not have the right strategies in place, or the competence, to reduce the threat.
BBC News, Islamabad
Rehman Malik says he has intelligence to prove his claims
Pakistan's interior minister says Nato and Afghanistan are not doing enough to stop Taliban militants crossing the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan.
Rehman Malik also disputed the widely-held belief that Pakistani militants are freely heading in the other direction to fight coalition troops.
He told the BBC that he blamed militants coming from Afghanistan for Friday's attack in Mohmand district.
The attack, the deadliest in Pakistan this year, killed more than 100 people.
It happened in an area the Pakistani government had recently claimed had been cleared of militants and said was safe for civilians to return to.
Mr Malik says he has intelligence information to prove that the attackers had crossed the border from Afghanistan.
Aftermath of attack in Yakaghund village The Mohmand explosions flattened several buildings
He said he had "demanded" that the Afghan government and Nato "stop border infiltration".
But there is considerable evidence to suggest militants have been heading in the opposite direction relatively freely - something Mr Malik claims his government has put a stop to.
And, of course, the attacks in Pakistan have been taking place not just in tribal border areas like Mohmand, but right across the country.
That has caused a great deal of anger among Pakistanis, many of whom believe their government simply does not have the right strategies in place, or the competence, to reduce the threat.
