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Kabul: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday issued a warning to militants in Pakistan, saying he will send Afghan troops across the border to combat Taliban insurgents.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza responded by saying that Pakistan will not allow anyone to interfere in its internal affairs.
Karzai said cross-border attacks on militants were justified because Afghanistan has the right to self defence.
The Afghanistan leader said that when militants cross over from Pakistan and kill Afghans, Afghan forces have "the right to do the same."
Karzai warned Pakistan-based Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud that Afghan forces "will go after him now and hit him in his house."
He gave the same warning to Taliban leader Mullah Omar.
Karzai has long pleaded for Pakistan and international forces to confront militants in Pakistan, but has never before said he would send Afghan troops across the border.
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