The political agent for Mohmand Agency said on Thursday that some areas of the agency had come under fire from the Afghan side in the last few days. Political Agent Sahibzada Muhammad Anees said the Afghan government’s stance was that these were acts by Afghan individuals or groups and Kabul had nothing to do with the firing.
| "They were cleaning their rocket launchers and they went off by accident. Sorry. Didn't know they were loaded." |
Talking to journalists from the Tribal Union of Journalists, at the agency headquarters Ghalanai, Mr Anees said the firing did not cause any casualties or loss to property. The political agent said the overall law and order situation in the agency was satisfactory. He said an arbitration committee had been formed to settle a marble dispute between two groups according to tribal customs. Mr Anees said all development schemes under the Annual Development Program (ADP) in the agency would be completed in time. |