Mr Wakil Ahmed, the
Taleban spokesman, said
Taleban fighters had killed the Iranians "on their own without any orders".
According to a participant, the
Taleban not only support these national rehabilitation plans, they would assist in their development.
One is reconciliation, a fancy word for negotiating a ceasefire with those
Taleban leaders willing to stop fighting in exchange for the chance to join Afghanistan's government.
The reaction has been predictably furious, especially since the army has lost dozens of soldiers fighting the Pakistani
Taleban this year alone.
It just hopes this time the
Taleban will push the exiled Saudi out of Afghanistan.
Now the case is clear to all that
Taleban have Iranian weapons and are being supported in the southern provinces.
The attacks also show that Pakistani
Taleban is a determined and well-organized force, deeply rooted even in urban centers of the country.
We take pride in taking responsibility for the Quetta attack," Qari Hussain Mehsud, the mentor of
Taleban suicide bombers, said by telephone from an undisclosed location.
Unaware of Pashtun history, American commentators were pleased at the smashing victory of their military, convinced that they had consigned the
Taleban to history's graveyard.
He heard some of the claims while serving in a 20-man
Taleban infantry unit of Arabic speakers in Afghanistan.
In another development, Russia accused Pakistan yesterday of providing military support for the
Taleban in northern Afghanistan and said Pakistani forces were directly involved in fighting there.
He said he had told President Ashraf Ghani that while Pakistan was prepared to help revive stalled Afghan peace talks, he could not bring the
Taleban to the negotiating table "and be asked to kill them at the same time.
