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| Pakistan-Taliban Clash Spills into Afghanistan |
| 2014-06-01 |
| [VOA News] Pakistain's military festivities with Talibs have spilled over its northwest border into neighboring Afghanistan. The cross-border skirmish has left civilians, forces of Evil and military forces dead across the rugged frontier dividing the two countries. Pak military sources say its forces repulsed a major bully boy attack Saturday morning, killing 16 hard boyz in the fighting. One soldier also died and two others were maimed. The sources said between 150 and 200 Talibs from Afghanistan's Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... swarmed over the border in a pre-dawn strike and attacked a group of Pak military border posts at Nao Top, in Pakistain's northwest Bajur tribal district. Bajur is directly across from Afghanistan's Kunar province. The Pak military sources said in the fierce fighting that followed, helicopter gunships were sent in. But Shuja ul-Mulk Jalala, governor of Afghanistan's Kunar province, said the gunships crossed into Afghan territory. He said four non-combatants were killed in the firing. He says, the bombardment began this morning around 7:45 in the Rega area of Dangam district in Kunar province, and continued until 10:30 am. He says four non-combatants were killed and 10 others were maimed in the bombing. Pakistain did not comment on whether its forces had crossed the border. Pak Talibs often take refuge inside Afghanistan. Cross border bully boy attacks have led to significant tension between the neighboring countries, and emotions were high in Kabul's parliament Saturday. Afghan Defense Minister General Bismillah Khan Mohammadi told his country's politicians that the army was ready to retaliate, but would not make a move without being ordered by Kabul's civilian government. Mohammadi said 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... had called him to ask for details on the helicopter strikes. He says, there is no doubt that last night the Taliban attacked Mighty Pak Army posts. It was the Pak Taliban on the border with Dangam. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 That's their problem: they lack a mutual enemy. |
| Posted by: Fred 2014-06-01 10:40 |
| #1 Why wouldn't the Afghan govies cheer that the Pak military killed their mutual enemies while in hot pursuit? It isn't like the Pak military stuck around afterwards. |
| Posted by: Squinty 2014-06-01 09:55 |