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Afghanistan summons Pakistani Ambassador over heavy artillery shelling
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Pak Ambassador to Afghanistan Syed Abrar Hussain was summoned by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Afghanistan (MoFA) over heavy artillery shelling by Pakistain in 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. According to a statement by MoFA, a formal protest was lodged regarding the shelling by handing over an official Memo of the Afghan government to the Pak Ambassador. The statement further added that the deputy minister in administrative affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dr. Nasir Ahmad Andisha said the shelling left one Afghan border police soldier martyred and two others maimed. Strongly condemning the shelling by Pak military, Dr. Andisha said the shelling took place as Afghanistan was mourning the deadly Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... attack which left over 400 people maimed. He urged the Pak Ambassador to take immediate actions to halt the shelling in a bid to prevent further deterioration of ties between the two countries. The Pak Ambassador expressed grief regarding the casualties as a result of the shelling and promised to hand over the official Memo and complaint of the Afghan government to the relevant authorities, the statement added. The incident in Goshta district took place earlier this week with the local officials saying the Pak forces started shelling the Afghan border posts. This comes as a similar incident took place in Goshta district earlier last month following Pak militia forces attack in Anarki area of Goshta district. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-27 |
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