Kabul, Oct 4 : In a barely veiled reference to Pakistan, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that a "double game" is being played in the fight against militants.

In his televised address, Karzai described Afghanistan and Pakistan as "inseparable brothers", but accused Islamabad of not cooperating on security issues, "which is disappointing for us".

"Despite all destructions, calamities and problems, faced by both our country and Pakistan, a double-standard game and [the use of] terrorism as a tool continued," the BBC quoted Karzai, as saying.

"The Pakistan Islamic government has not co-operated with us to ensure peace and security in Afghanistan, which is disappointing for us," he added.

However, he insisted that talks with Islamabad should continue.

Karzai said that peace was "the sacred hope" of the Afghan people, but that "it should be defined whom should we make peace with".

"In reality we are confronted with governments, not the forces which are dependent on them. Therefore we should talk to the main side, which has got the authority," he maintained.

He said he would convene a loya jirga (Afghan assembly) following the killing of High Peace Council leader Burhanuddin Rabbani.

Rabbani, who had been tasked with trying to negotiate a political end to the war in Afghanistan, was killed on September 20 by a suicide bomber who was supposedly a peace emissary sent by the Taliban leadership.

"In a traditional loya jirga, which will be held soon, the representatives of Afghanistan will be asked [about the situation], and we will do according to their wishes," Karzai said.

The Afghan president also castigated NATO for fighting "the wrong war in the wrong country", saying: “Terrorism is not here." (ANI)