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Pakistani Forces Suffer Casualties in Border Clash
 [Tolo News] The Afghan and Pak forces have resumed festivities in Ghosta district of eastern NangarharThe 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.. province early Monday, inflicting heavy casualties on Pak forces, local Afghan officials said. The festivities broke out today morning about 08:00am, when the Pak military forces tried to rebuild the gate of the check-post in Goshta district of Nangarhar, the provincial governor front man Ahmad Zia Abdulzai said. The festivities ended at about 10:30am and there were no Afghan border police casualties, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai said. He said that the Afghan officials had officially asked the Pakistain government to stop the building of the military check-posts in Gostha district of the province. "We have already asked Pakistain to stop the building of the military check-posts and we had also summoned the Pak Consular officials. But they did not care and started the building of the gates in the district again [today]," Abdulzai said. "The Afghan forces reacted to the move of the Pak military and festivities broke out," he said. More Afghan cops have been deployed in the area and they are put on alert, he added. Meanwhile, ...back at the alley, Slats Chumbaloni was staring into a hole that was just .45 inch in diameter and was less than three feet from his face ... the Afghan border officials said that at least 30 Pak forces were killed or maimed in the festivities. There are no exact figures of how many Pak forces were killed and how many got maimed. The Afghan forces have destroyed a Pak military tank and removed two of Pak check-posts during the festivities in which both sides used heavy weapons, the Afghan commanders said. The Pakistain government has not yet commented about today's festivities. The festivities between the Afghan and Pak military forces had also taken place last Wednesday over building of the check-posts in Ghosta district of eastern Nangarhar province. At least one Afghan border police was killed in the incident. Two Pak soldiers were also maimed in the exchange of fire. Earlier this week, the Afghan Interior Minister Mojtaba Patang warned that Pakistain will face military reaction "if it tries to rebuild military installations in border areas." Posted by: Fred 2013-05-07 |
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