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Following a recent spate of attacks by Taliban-al Qaeda groups in Afghanistan, a provincial governor has accused Pakistan of training and equipping Taliban suicide bombers who have killed at least 33 persons in Kandahar province, reports said on Wednesday.
"The suicide bombers are trained and equipped by Pakistan and then sent to Afghanistan for sabotage activities," Kandahar Governor Assadullah Khalid was quoted as saying.
He said Pakistan was "sheltering and allowing senior Taliban officials on its soil and, in some cases, the suicide bombers are even Pakistani nationals".
Khalid was quoted as saying "since all senior Taliban (leaders) have got their houses there (in Pakistan) and use some of them as training camps, the government should know what is going on".
Escalating violence has caused some NATO members to agonise over plans to send more peacekeeping troops to Southern Afghanistan to allow the US-led forces trim their presence there.
In a related report, it said the United Nations has closed its offices in Balochistan province of Pakistan following threats mentioning al Qaeda network...
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