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| Kabul 'overreacted' to small incident: Pakistan |
| 2013-03-29 |
| [Dawn] Pakistain on Thursday accused Afghanistan of overreacting after Kabul cancelled a military visit to protest against cross-border firing, in the latest sign of worsening relations. "We believe that Afghanistan overreacted to a small incident," foreign ministry front man Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry told AFP. The Mighty Pak Army invited 11 Afghan officers to take part in a military exercise in the southwestern city of Quetta, but the Afghan government called their visit off because of "unacceptable Pak artillery shelling". The governor of the eastern Afghan province of Kunar, Fazlulah Wahidi, told AFP that up to 50 rockets fired from Pakistain damaged property on Monday and Tuesday. The Pak foreign ministry said its "disciplined and responsible" troops had responded to what it called "some intrusions from the Afghan side". The front man said the army visit had been designed to increase "mutual cooperation and confidence, and we believe such activities should continue in the larger interest of peace in the region". |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 "What's a few Afghan deaders between friends?" he added. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2013-03-29 05:00 |
| #2 Captain Ashton Pelham-Martyn commander of the 1145th Frontier Guards Salute Battery could not be reached for comment. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-29 01:03 |
| #1 A simple cultural misunderstanding. Artillery fire is a traditional Pak greeting. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-03-29 00:56 |