Karzai Warns Pakistan He’ll Sends Troops Across Border
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KABUL, Afghanistan – President Karzai of Afghanistan has issued a warning to terrorists in Pakistan, saying he will send Afghan troops across the border to combat Taliban insurgents.
Mr. Karzai says Afghanistan has the right to self defense, and that when militants cross over from Pakistan and kill Afghans, Afghan forces have “the right to do the same.”
Speaking at a news conference today, Mr. Karzai warned a Pakistan-based Taliban leader, Baitullah Mehsud, that Afghan forces “will go after him now and hit him in his house.”
He gave the same warning to the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar.
Mr. Karzai has long pleaded for Pakistan and international forces to confront militants in Pakistan, but has never before said he would send Afghan troops across the border
