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| Afghan army cancels Pakistan visit over 'shelling' |
| 2013-03-28 |
| [Al Ahram] Afghanistan on Wednesday cancelled a planned army visit to Pakistain to protest against alleged cross border shelling, the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the troubled neighbours. The Mighty Pak Army invited 11 Afghan officers to take part in a military exercise and drill in the southwestern city of Quetta, the Afghan foreign ministry said. "This visit will no longer take place due to the resumption of unacceptable Pak artillery shelling against different parts of Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... ," it said. Kunar provincial governor Fazlulah Wahidi told AFP that up to 50 rockets, fired from the Pak side of the border, landed in two districts on Monday and Tuesday, damaging property. A Pak military official told AFP it had "no details" of the cancellation and declined to give any other immediate response. |
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