[Karuna Shinsho, Inside Asia:] Trafficking in human migrants is criminal enough. But our next story concerns an even more evil kind of crime, terrorism. A recent United Nations report says many terrorists are trained in the hot, dusty valleys of Afghanistan. But as INSIDE ASIA's Dalton Tananaka reports, some of them may have overstayed their welcome.
[Dalton Tananaka, Cnn Correspondent:] Welcome messages in Arabic and Urdu still clutter the Rishkul Camp in Afghanistan. Villagers say hundreds of fighters left the training facility near Kabul about a month ago.
[Unidentified Male:] We live here. Yes, Pakistanis and Arabs left here about a month ago. They had been doing physical exercise.
[Tananaka:] The Taleban denies it's running training camps for international terrorists. Leaders say bases like Rishkul are for their use only.
[Amir Mohammed, Taleban Base Commander:] We call our people here at the base before going to the front lines. If 2,000 men come, 1,000 stay here and 1,000 go the front line. When the fighters get tired, they come back and are replaced by a fresh unit. At the moment, we have here 300 volunteer soldiers.
[Tananaka:] Last month, the United States labeled Afghanistan the new haven for Islamic extremists. It says there is a trend toward non-state- sponsored terrorism coming from networks of religiously motivated terrorists. Washington says the Taleban provides a safe haven for like-minded holy warriors. It was the kind of attention that the Taleban would prefer to avoid.
[Mohammed:] We don't have any volunteers from any foreign country. They were never here in the past, nor now. Those in the camp are all Afghans serving their country. We have our own people here.
[Tananaka:] Witnesses say the fighters who are at the Rishkul camp have simply moved to new training grounds, leaving behind little hopes that words alone can keep terror at bay. I'm Dalton Tananaka for INSIDE ASIA.