Islamabad: Afghan President Hamid Karzai has denied allegations of anti-Pakistan activities by Indian Consulates in Afghan cities of Jalalabad and Kandahar and rather accused Islamabad of not "fully addressing" his complaints of resurgence of Taleban using its soil.

"I have personally assured everyone on the Pakistani side that there will be no anti-Pakistan activity conducted on or from the Afghan territory. In fact, the Indian government has been categorically told that the Consulates would only conduct commercial activities," Karzai said in an interview to Pakistan daily 'The News' in New York.

He observed that most of these Consulates have been functioning in Afghanistan for a long time.

Karzai, however, expressed his concern over the resurgence of Taleban and regretted that the Pakistani government was not fully addressing his government's concern on the issue. The Taleban used Pakistan to carry out attacks against Afghan forces, he said. "In the last few months, there have been instances of small groups of Afghan 'Talebans' crossing over from the Chaman border."

"In one instance, the Afghan forces attacked a Taleban group. The injured were transported in official Pakistani vehicles to government hospitals. This was evidence of government patronage to these Taleban," he said, calling on Pakistan to exercise stricter control on border.

PTI