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| UN to Discuss Pakistani Shelling on Afghan Soil |
| 2014-09-05 |
| [Tolo News] Afghan Member of Parliament Baktash Siavash launched a civil and political movement to break the silence of both the international community and the Afghan government about Pakistain's continuous military shelling on eastern Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... . Sivash has gathered signatures from all over the country, creating a ten-meter long petition in which he has asked the United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... (UN) to halt Pakistain's invasive attacks. He called the silence of the Afghan government on the matter shameful. "The deputy UN special representative to Afghanistan has appreciated our action and has pledged to take the necessary measures to address our concerns," he said. The UN has pledged to raise the issue at the UN Security Council meeting. "We will continue to raise it to the extent that we are able through our own communications to the Security Council, this areas team will continue to raise it as an issue of concern," UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Afghanistan Nicholas Haysom said. Provinces of Kunar and 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.. have been under attack by Pak military for more than three years. Up to 5,000 missiles have been launched on the areas alongside the border that have forced hundreds of civilians to flee their homes, while there has been no serious reaction on the Afghan part. |
| Posted by:Fred |