So Who’s Playing a “Double Game”? Iran and US Duke It Out

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."