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Ahmadinejad denies aiding Taliban, wants US & NATO forces out of Afghanistan | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has denied allegations that the nation is aiding the Taliban in its fight against the Afghan Government and the US-led coalition troops. "We do not support any
group, we just and only support the Afghan people and want to strengthen security
in the country,” he told CBS News in an interview. “The root cause is related
to the intervention of the United States and NATO and we think Afghan people should
run their own country,” he added. Leaked US documents had implicated Iran for
its involvement in training and arming the Taliban in Afghanistan . The documents
released by a website ‘Wikileaks’ have claimed that besides, Pakistan , Iranian
officials train and supply arms and ammunitions to the Taliban. He further warned
the European Union against imposing sanctions against his country, saying that
Iran possess a huge population with vast and rich resources to overcome old problems.
"I think the policies by the Europeans and the Americans are ridiculous. They
think they are going to influence the life of the Iranian society. In fact, they're
imposing sanctions against themselves,” Ahmadinejad said. “ Iran is a great nation
with a great population. We have vast and rich resources and it's very much easy
for us to overcome old problems," he added. Meanwhile, the European Union again
intensified the economic isolation of Iran over its nuclear program by ordering
its toughest economic sanctions against the Iranian government on Monday. Although
European companies will still be allowed to import oil and gas from Iran , the
sanctions go beyond those in the fourth round imposed by the United Nations in
June 2010. The European move follows the imposition of additional sanctions by
the United States. |
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