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| Afghans lodge protest with Pakistan over border clash |
| 2013-05-07 |
| [BETA.DAWN] Afghanistan lodged an official protest with Pakistain on Monday after troops exchanged fire at the border between the countries. Kabul's Foreign Ministry said no one was maimed in the incident, which took took place in the early morning in the same location where a firefight between Afghan and Pak forces killed an Afghan border policeman and maimed two Pak soldiers last week. During that incident, a border gate built by Pakistain was damaged in the fighting, and Afghanistan had warned Pakistain not to repair it. Afghan and Pakistain troops exchanged fire on Monday at a contested border area in eastern Afghanistan days after an Afghan border policeman was killed, Afghan officials said. Two bigwigs from 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 where the clash took place told Rooters that fighting resumed after Pak troops attempted to repair a gate damaged in the previous clash. The clash on Thursday, in the border district of Goshta, drew nationwide condemnation in Afghanistan, and saw protests in the east and in the capital, Kabul. Moreover, the Spokesperson of the Foreign Office said responding to a query regarding President Karzai's recent presser in Kabul that Durand-line is a settled issue. Opening discussions on this issue is a distraction from the more pressing issues requiring the priority attention and cooperation of Pakistain and Afghanistan. On President Karzai's remarks regarding Pak posts on the border, the Spokesperson recalled that Pak post in Gursal had come under attack from Afghan forces and there had been several threatening and provocative statements made by Afghan leadership in this regard. The Spokesperson reiterated that the posts on Pakistain-Afghanistan border ...also known as Pashtunistan, home of ignorance, poverty, and automatic weapons... are serving the useful and mutually beneficial purpose of better border management, which is crucial for interdicting cross border undesirable activity. He reaffirmed the need to use bilateral channels including military to military contacts to resolve the issues relating to posts. |
| Posted by:Fred |