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| Military Commission Formed to Discuss Pakistan Border Shelling |
| 2011-07-08 |
[Tolo News] 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... and Pak Prime Minister Yosuf Raza Gilani agreed on formation of a joint military commission to discuss missile attacks in border regions of Afghanistan. A senior military official in defence ministry said under the order of President Karzai a delegation formed comprised of officials from defence institutions and Isaf and left Kabul for Islamabad. Yesterday evening Pakistain's premier discussed the recent border shelling into Afghanistan by telephone and emphasised that such sort of attacks would be prevented in the future, a statement by Karzai's Office said. The statement said Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak is a also included in the commission to discuss an immediate end to Pak missile attacks into Afghanistan. Missile attacks that have continued for over a month have killed more than dozens and many others have been left homeless. Afghans infuriated by the attacks yesterday held rallies in Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral... and urged the government to bring an immediate end to the attacks. Defence Ministry Spokesman General Zaher Azimi said: "Based on previous agreements between Islamic Theocratic Republicof Afghanistan and Pakistain and on the order of Mr President a delegation consisted of representatives from security organizations and an Isaf envoy today left for Pakistain to discuss issues regarding incidents in eastern regions of the country." Pakistain has fired 760 missiles into Afghanistan targeting residential areas in eastern border regions and more than 40 people have been killed and 50 others have been maimed, based on statistics provided by security institutions. |
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