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Afghan Border Commander Resigns Over Pakistan Rocket Attacks
[Tolo News] Top Afghan commander of border forces in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday resigned amid deadly missile attacks from Pakistain into Afghanistan.Gen. Aminullah Amarkhil, senior commander of border forces in eastern zone, told TOLOnews that he resigned because Pakistain missile attacks into Afghanistan's soil have been neglected by the government and the international community. Gen. Amarkhil said the government has yet to approve his resignation. Gen. Amarkhil told TOLOnews by phone: "Neither the international community, nor Pakistain -- from president to army chief -- listened to our voice. They [Pakistain] deny attacks into Afghanistan, and I'm responsible as the commander in eastern zone, because people with bodies of their loved ones on their backs come to me." He urged the Afghan Interior Ministry to confirm his resignation. On Wednesday National Directorate of Security (NDS) accused Pakistain of launching missiles into Afghan soil and said more than 400 missiles have landed in Kunar and Nangarhar ...on the main road from Lovely Peshawar. The capital is Jalalabad. The population of 1,334,000 consists mostly of Pashtuns with a few Arabs and Pashais... provinces over the past couple of weeks. In a statement this week Afghan defence ministry said Afghan national army was ready to retaliate the attacks, but the government should authorise it. More than 60 people have been killed, and many others have been reported injured and displaced. The Afghan general had earlier sought permission from the government for a counterattack, but the government still holds back defence institutions from carrying out attacks against the Pak assaults. On Wednesday for the second time Afghanistan's Caped President Hamid Maybe I'll join the TalibanKarzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtunface on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... called on Pak government to put the brakes on their missile attacks into Afghan territory. But Pakistain denies firing missiles into Afghanistan saying its army is not involved in the attacks. Posted by: Fred 2011-07-01 |
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