SO WHO’S PLAYING A "DOUBLE GAME"? IRAN AND US DUKE IT OUT

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10:18 ~U 11.03.10

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused the US of playing
a "double game" in Afghanistan after the US used the same term to
condemn Iran’s role, reports BBC News.

Ahmadinejad said the US had "created terrorists and now say they are
fighting them," as he appeared with Afghan President Hamid Karzai
in Kabul.

US Defence Secretary Robert Gates, who is also in Kabul, has accused
Iran of giving the Taliban low-level support.

This is Ahmadinejad’s first visit to Afghanistan since both he and
Karzai were re-elected last year.

At a joint press conference with Karzai, Ahmadinejad rejected the
presence of foreign military forces "as a solution for peace in
Afghanistan."

He said: "Our policy is full support for the Afghan people and Afghan
government and reconstruction of Afghanistan."

Gates, who is in Afghanistan to review the progress of the current
Western troop surge against the Taliban, had earlier accused Tehran
of "playing a double game" of offering friendship to the Afghan
government while at the same time giving "low-level support" and
money to the Taliban.

Ahmadinejad said it was the US that was playing the "double game."