Proof submitted

Afghanistan has given neighbouring Pakistan confessions and other proof showing that the militants who carried out a recent series of attacks were trained in Pakistan and that Taliban leaders there are allowed to roam freely, Afghan officials said yesterday.

Interior Minister Wais Ahmad Barmak told a news conference the evidence was presented at a meeting a day earlier in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad. Afghanistan’s spy chief, Masoom Stanekzai, also attended the meeting, along with senior Pakistani military and intelligence officials.

Stanekzai, addressing the same news conference, said Afghanistan laid out its proof and asked Pakistan to take action to prevent further attacks. There was no immediate comment from Pakistan, which has expressed condolences over the recent attacks. A Pakistani delegation is due in Kabul tomorrow, said Stanekzai.

Nearly 200 people have been killed over the past month in attacks claimed by the Taliban and a rival Daeshj affiliate. Afghan authorities say they detained one of the gunmen who attacked a military academy on Monday.