UPDATE 3-Iran says foreign troops no help to region's security
* Ahmadinejad hits out at foreign intervention
* No specific measures announced at Tehran summit
* Khamenei says United States hated in region
(Adds Khamenei quotes, paragraphs 2, 12-13)
By Hossein Jaseb and Fredrik Dahl
TEHRAN, May 24 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attacked the presence of foreign forces in the region at a summit with his Afghan and Pakistani counterparts on Sunday aimed at tackling terrorism and other security problems.
In separate comments underscoring the Islamic Republic's deep mistrust of the United States, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai and Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari that America was hated among the region's people.
The three neighbours' first such meeting, which ended with pledges of cooperation but without any specific measures being announced, took place as Pakistan and Afghanistan are battling to stem the spread of Taliban insurgencies in their countries. Continued...
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