Mullah Abdul Salaam blames Pakistanis and Iranians for attacks on British - Times Online

Mullah Abdul Salaam blames Pakistanis and Iranians for attacks on British - Times Online: "The"Governor of Musa Qala, Mullah Abdul Salaam, gave warning yesterday that infiltrators from Pakistan and Iran were deliberately attempting to escalate the conflict in Afghanistan. The Governor, who was formerly a Taleban commander, said that the insurgency attacks against coalition forces, which have accounted for the worst coalition casualty figures in a single month since the war began, were now principally the work of outsiders rather than the Taleban. “They come from Pakistan, they come from Iran,” Mullah Salaam said in an interview with The Times and two other newspapers. “They are doing their action in Afghanistan against their enemy.” He claimed that it was Pakistanis and Iranians who were responsible for planting improvised... [read full story]                    

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