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Hundreds of Afghans Launch Anti-Pakistan Protest In Kandahar
[Tolo News] Hundreds of Afghans have launched anti-Pakistain protest in southern Kandahar province early Tuesday, asking the governor to react over Pak military attack on Afghan cops, local officials said.The protest took place in Kandahar city at about 08:00am and continued for three hours in the area and the demonstrators chanted anti-Pak slogans "death to Pakistain," "Pakistain is behind all problems in Afghanistan", "long live Afghan forces." The protestors asked President Karzai to order the Afghan border forces to react to Pakistain's move over building of the military check-posts and recent festivities with Afghan border police forces. The protestors said that they were with Afghan forces and "they are ready to fight against Pak forces in the border." "We are asking President Karzai to order the Afghan forces to react to Pakistain's move. If he can't, we will be ready go to and help our forces and fight against Pakistain," said the protestors. Meanwhile, ...back at the comedy club, Boogie sadly admitted that he was a better peeping Tom than he was a comedian... the provincial governor's front man Jawid Faisal said that the protest has ended peacefully in the area and "we will support it." "The Afghan cops were in the area and the protest ended peacefully. We support such a protest and it is people's right to do so," Jawid Faisal said. The protest comes a day after the Afghan and Pak forces resumed festivities in Ghosta district of eastern 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.. province early Monday, inflicting heavy casualties on Pak forces. The festivities broke out yesterday, 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. More Afghan cops have been deployed in the area and they are put on alert, he added. Meanwhile, ...back at the pie fight, Bella grabbed the coconut cream... 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. Afghanistan and Pakistain have had strained relations since Pakistain was formed in 1947, at the end of British colonial rule over India. Posted by: Fred 2013-05-08 |
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