ISLAMABAD, April 6 (News Agencies) - Pakistan Friday rejected as unfounded accusations by Afghan opposition leader Ahmad Shah Masood that it was providing arms and assistance to the ruling Taliban militia in Afghanistan.
"There is no evidence to substantiate this allegation," foreign office spokesman Riaz Muhammad Khan said in the first official reaction to the anti-Taliban guerrilla commander's visit to Europe.
Masood, who is resisting Taliban's total domination of the country, Thursday accused Pakistan of supplying men and arms to the Islamic militia.
"If Pakistan's support of the Taliban stopped today, the armed conflict would be over in one year," Masood told a press conference in Strasbourg after meeting with European Parliament officials.
Masood is on a high-profile tour of Europe seeking support against the regime of the hardline Islamic militia, recognized only by Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
The spokesman said Pakistan was complying with Security Council sanctions on Afghanistan although it considered the curbs one-sided.
"One-sided arms embargo and sanctions would only encourage the Northern Alliance to push for a military solution," Khan said.
He said Pakistan had always maintained the need for a comprehensive arms embargo against all Afghan parties.
