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Pakistan protests Afghan cross-border attack
 Pakistain on Monday lodged a strong protest with Afghanistan and NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... over Sunday's intrusion of Death Eaters from the Afghan side, killing at least six Pak soldiers in Upper Dir. Pakistain's Foreign Office and military reacted over the incidents of attacking Pak forces from Afghan side on Sunday and Monday. About 100 Death Eaters from across the border had entered Dir and clashed with a Pak security forces patrol, officials said. Two security checkposts near the Pak-Afghan border in Barawal, Upper Dir district were also targeted, they said. Gee. Golly. Gosh. It was only last week that the U.S. was saying we'd reached the end of our rope with Pakistain over Haqqani and similar riff-raff staging attacks in Kabul and now all of a sudden there's an attack by Talibs doing 'zackly the same thing. Doesn't make our case look good, does it? According to the officials, deputy head of the Afghan Mission in Islamabad, Musa Arifi, was called to the Foreign Office and a strong protest was lodged over the thugs' intrusion from the Afghan side. "In the exchange of fire, 11 Death Eaters were killed while six security forces personnel embraced shahadat and 11 soldiers are missing," they said. "Out of whom seven soldiers have been reportedly killed and beheaded," the sources added. The Afghan diplomat was told that the government of Afghanistan should take appropriate measures to prevent recurrence of similar incidents in the future. Commenting on the issue, Afghanistan's Ambassador in Pakistain Umer Daudzai told Daily Times that terrorism was a common enemy of the two countries. "We don't want confrontation with our brother country like Pakistain, which is a neighbouring country." Earlier, Afghan embassy's front man Zardasht Shams told Daily Times that Kabul was informed of Islamabad's protest and its reservations were conveyed. The enemy through such incidents wanted to damage Pakistain-Afghanistan ties as such attempts were launched in the past as well, he added. "We understand that Pakistain and Afghanistan would jointly bust such nefarious designs." Military sources said Pakistain protested with NATO and Afghan forces for not taking action against thug safe havens in Afghanistan near the bordering area. Official sources said the Pakistain Army lodged a protest with their counterparts across the border after myrmidons fired rockets in Lower Dir followed by sniper fire into Pakistain's Tripaman heights area on Monday. "This incident on Monday followed the Sunday intrusion," the official sources said. The sources added that the Pakistain Army leadership would also raise the issue with ISAF commander General John Allen, who is likely to visit Pakistain on Wednesday. He will call on Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Kayani ... four star general, current Chief of Army Staff of the Mighty Pak Army. Kayani is the former Director General of ISI... . The interaction will focus on reviewing progress made in implementation of the recently evolved border coordination measures/standing operating procedures. Meanwhile, ...back at the bunker, his Excellency called a hurried meeting of his closest advisors. It was to be his last. They discussed the officers's efficiency rating system... a spokesperson for the Malakand chapter of the Taliban grabbed credit for the thug attack in Upper Dir and threatened of more attacks. "Our fight will continue until the establishment of Shariah law in Pakistain... We will fight whoever tries to stand in our way," Sirajuddin Ahmad, the faction's front man, told Rooters. Ahmad said the group had killed 17 Pak soldiers in Sunday's attack. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan said it was aware of the report, but had no information. On the other hand, Fazlullah Wahidi, governor of Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... , said the Death Eaters were based in Pakistain, not Afghanistan. "We don't have any information about Death Eaters crossing the border from Afghanistan to attack troops in Pakistain," he told Rooters. Meanwhile, ...back at the bunker, his Excellency called a hurried meeting of his closest advisors. It was to be his last. They discussed the officers's efficiency rating system... Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf on Monday condemned cross-border attacks from Afghanistan and said he would discuss the matter with 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... . "Pakistain has strongly protested with Afghanistan on the cross-border attacks and I will also take up this issue with Karzai," Raja told news hounds in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It may be the largest city in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... . However, there's no worse danger than telling a mother her baby is ugly... his office did not elaborate on when such a conversation might take place. Posted by: Fred 2012-06-26 |
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