KABUL: Afghanistan`s national security adviser has called on the Pakistani government to "take serious measures" against Islamist groups launching attacks on Afghan targets from secure havens inside Pakistan.

Rangin Dadfar Spanta said Afghanistan had "tremendous evidence" that Pakistani authorities allowed Al-Qaeda and other terror organisations to operate on the country`s soil and had presented it to Islamabad "many times".

"It is not a particular secret that the terrorists have sanctuaries in Pakistan, that they have training centres, that they have the possibility to come to Afghanistan, attack us and go back," said Spanta.

Pakistan had failed to act against the groups based in Pakistan`s tribal areas on the Afghan border, he told AFP in an interview.


BDST: 12:11 HRS, July 6, 2010