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Afghans Ready to Retaliate Against Pakistan Missile Attacks
[Tolo News] Afghan Defence Ministry is ready to retaliate against Pakistain's missile attacks in the best possible way, a senior Afghan military official said on Wednesday.At a presser Defence Ministry Spokesman Gen. Zaher Azimi said around 150 missiles fired from Pakistain have landed in different regions in eastern Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral... in the past week. Gen. Azimi said the Pak missile attacks are not justifiable. He said Afghan Defence Ministry is waiting for a decision from politicians and the House of Representatives. "The National Army is prepared to retaliate with a suitable response if we are permitted by Afghan politicians," Gen. Azimi said. "Not only the National Army, Kunar residents would be able to give an appropriate response to such an act." "We are making efforts to resolve the issue through diplomatic approaches." Twenty civilians have bit the dust and some have been maimed in the attacks, according to the Defence Ministry. Pakistain keeping up its missile attacks against Afghanistan would deteriorate relations between the two nations, Gen. Azimi said. The Defence Ministry says it was shocked to hear about the attacks. "I see no reason for such an attack from Pakistain. There hasn't been any attack by our troops. Without any apparent reason, they have started to fire heavy arms and most of those killed in the attacks have been civilians," Gen. Azimi said. This is not the first time that Pakistain is targeting provinces located close to long and mostly non-existent borders. Yesterday the Afghan House of Representatives strongly criticised government's silence towards the Pak attacks. Posted by: Fred 2011-06-23 |
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