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Afghan MPs want Pakistan ties severed
[Iran Press TV] Afghan politicians have called on the government to break off diplomatic ties with Pakistain after a report revealed that Pak forces had fired 40 rockets into Afghanistan over the past two days.

Afghan officials say the recent artillery rounds have hit a number of villages in Nari district of the eastern province of Kunar. They also say 150 Afghan families have been forced out of their homes in the troubled region.

The recent cross-border attacks areas has prompted politicians in Kabul to ask President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
... 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 Pashtun face 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...
to break off all diplomatic ties with the government in Islamabad.

Afghan government officials say the shelling of Kunar and Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
provinces has left several civilians dead and injured many others over the past few months.

Kabul has repeatedly threatened to cut diplomatic relations with Islamabad if the shelling continues.

Some Afghan politicians blamed President Karzai in the past for not doing enough to force the Pak government into ending the attacks.

Afghan officials say they are in talks with Pak authorities. There have been no tangible results yet.

Pakistain claims the rocket strikes are in response to attacks against its territory from Afghanistan, dismissing allegations that it is targeting civilians.

Tensions between the two neighbors have escalated in recent weeks.

Afghanistan blames elements within the Pak government for supporting Talibs, while Islamabad blames Kabul for giving refuge to bully boyz on its side of the border.
Posted by: Fred 2011-10-15
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