Clearly pointing a finger at Pakistan, the Afghan government said yesterday that the 91,000 leaked US military documents verify Afghanistan's long-held view that the war won't end until terrorist sanctuaries in neighboring nations are shut down.

In Islamabad, the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence agency lashed out against the trove of leaked papers that alleged close connections between it and the Taliban militants who are fighting US, Afghan and NATO troops in Afghanistan. The ISI called the allegations, which have been repeated for years, unsubstantiated.

The documents were released by the online whistle-blower Wikileaks.

"The recent documents leaked out to the media clearly support and verify Afghanistan's all-time position that success over terrorism does not come with fighting in Afghan villages, but by targeting its sanctuaries and financial and ideological sources across the borders," a statement issued by Afghan President Hamid Karzai's office said. "Our efforts against terrorism will yield no productive results as long as these sanctuaries and sources remain intact."

Husain Haqqani, Pakistan's ambassador to the US, noted that many of the documents were dated and did not "reflect the current on-ground realities." The United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan are "jointly endeavoring to defeat al-Qaida and its Taliban allies militarily and politically," he said.

White House national securityadviser General Jim Jones defended the partnership between the US and Pakistan in a statement on Sunday, saying "counterterrorism cooperation has led to significant blows against al-Qaida's leadership."

The US has given Pakistan billions in military aid since 2001 to enlist its cooperation. But the leaked reports, which cover a period from January 2004 to December 2009, suggest current and former ISI officials have met directly with the Taliban to coordinate attacks in Afghanistan.

A senior ISI official denied the allegations, saying they were from raw intelligence reports that had not been verified and were meant to impugn the reputation of the spy agency. He spoke on condition of anonymity in line with the agency's policy.

In one report from March 2008, the ISI is alleged to have ordered Siraj Haqqani, a prominent militant based in northwestern Pakistan, to kill workers from India who were building roads in Afghanistan. In another from March 2007, the ISI is alleged to have given Jalaluddin Haqqani, Siraj's father, 1,000 motorcycles to carry out suicide attacks in Afghanistan. The Haqqanis run a military network based in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal area that is believed to have close ties with the ISI.

Other reports mention former ISI officials, including Hamid Gul, who headed the agency in the late 1980s when Pakistan and the US were supporting Islamist militants in their fight against the Soviets in Afghanistan.

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• neighboring [´neibəriŋ] a.邻近的；接壤的 (初中英语单词)
• intelligence [in´telidʒəns] n.智力；消息 (初中英语单词)
• agency [´eidʒənsi] n.代理商；机构；代理 (初中英语单词)
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• cooperation [kəu,ɔpə´reiʃən] n.合作；协作 (初中英语单词)
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