yep, another attack, this time 60 militants attacked the post but were pushed back. TTP claims the responsibility again that their men were coming from Afghanistan. Again it was “Kunar” province border which was vacated by US troops over period of last year. US keeps blaming Pakistan for double game, Afghanistan keeps accusing Pakistan of sheltering terrorists, what are both of them doing when militants attack Pakistan from Afghanistan side??
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whts up with this cross border attacks!!!?? this karzai ... wht he has to say now???
as far as i know .. Bajaur is under our military ... so these guys are coming from where?
thank God ... there were no casualities!!
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Maybe some vested interest is trying to stir up problems between Afghanistan and Pakistan, so as to overshadow the war on terror. But still we can't absolve these ttp idiots which play in the hands of the enemies.
whts up with this cross border attacks!!!?? this karzai ... wht he has to say now??? as far as i know .. Bajaur is under our military ... so these guys are coming from where?
thank God ... there were no casualities!!
I read somewhere that one soldier was killed in this attack
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I think the situation is pretty simple. Americans want to make sure that pakistan pisses off talibans so that when they leave, pakistan will have to keep on fighting them for the the next 30-40 years..
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I read somewhere that one soldier was killed in this attack
Ya Allah!!! May Allah swt give his family sabr and courage to overcome this!!!
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Seems like just yesterday that the Afghan and US govts were accusing us of having sanctuaries on our side of the border and now its our turn to accuse them....
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^ do you think these are mere allegations? our army claims that around 60 army men have been killed in Mohmand and Dir in cross border raids from Eastern Afghanistan during the past month. When Pakistan started operations in Swat, Mohmand and Dir etc, Americans vacated their posts from Eastern Afghanistan so as to provide a save haven to Anti Pakistan forces there.
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Islamabad, Kabul to set up military hotline
ISLAMABAD:
**Pakistan and Afghanistan have decided to set up a military ‘hotline’ in an effort to ease tensions triggered by cross-border raids and mortar shelling incidents.
The step is one of several measures the two neighbours have agreed to take to avoid the recurrence of such incidents, diplomats told The Express Tribune.**
The move came at a meeting between Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and Afghan Ambassador Muhammad Umer Daudzai in Islamabad on Monday.
Both the foreign ministry and the Afghan embassy issued separate statements condemning “the loss of life and property by militants”.
The statement issued by the Afghan Embassy said Daudzai expressed concern over the alleged mortar shelling into the Afghan territory by Pakistan.
“Pakistan has regretted the loss of innocent lives and admitted that some rockets might have landed in Afghan territory when security forces were chasing militants,” said the statement.
**However, a military official denied the charge, saying allegations were aimed at putting pressure on Pakistan after it protested over the cross-border raids into tribal areas by militants from Afghanistan.
According to Reuters, 56 members of the Pakistan security forces have been killed and 81 wounded in a series of militant attacks from Afghanistan over the past month.**
But the foreign ministry handout said: “Pakistan condemns the loss of lives and destruction of property on both sides by the militants. We consider Afghanistan’s loss as our own loss. It is…imperative that efforts be redoubled by both sides to attain the objectives of shared peace and security and to enhance cooperation for shared development and prosperity.”
Both sides also agreed not to allow their respective soils to be used against each other.
Officials familiar with the meeting say the two sides believe that ‘enemies of peace’ are trying to create misunderstanding between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
“There are elements on both sides of the border who do not want to see improved ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan,” commented an Afghan diplomat, who requested not to be named. However, he would not identify such elements.
Officials say both sides were not only concerned over the surge in terrorist attacks but also worried over the failure of US-led Nato forces to stop cross border attacks by Taliban militants in Pakistani border regions. Karzai government feels that it is more the responsibility of Nato troops to stop attacks inside Pakistan from Afghan side as they are mainly responsible for border security and not the Afghan army.
**The Foreign Office confirmed that a meeting between the concerned military authorities will be held soon to enhance information-sharing and coordination between Pakistan-Afghanistan and Nato forces.
The agreement comes even as Pakistan said on Monday that dozens of Taliban infiltrated from Afghanistan to attack a check-post, killing a soldier and injuring another.**
Army spokesperson Maj Gen Athar Abbas confirmed the attack in Bajaur, around three kilometres from the Afghan border while intelligence officials said at least four militants were also killed. Bajaur administration official Islam Zeb told AFP that more than 100 Afghan Taliban attacked the paramilitary checkpost in the Kitkot area of Mamoond district in Bajaur early on Monday.
(With additional input from Agencies)
Published in The Express Tribune, July 5th, 2011.
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Islamabad, Kabul to set up military hotline
ISLAMABAD:
**Pakistan and Afghanistan have decided to set up a military ‘hotline’ in an effort to ease tensions triggered by cross-border raids and mortar shelling incidents.
The step is one of several measures the two neighbours have agreed to take to avoid the recurrence of such incidents, diplomats told The Express Tribune.**
The move came at a meeting between Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir and Afghan Ambassador Muhammad Umer Daudzai in Islamabad on Monday.
Both the foreign ministry and the Afghan embassy issued separate statements condemning “the loss of life and property by militants”.
The statement issued by the Afghan Embassy said Daudzai expressed concern over the alleged mortar shelling into the Afghan territory by Pakistan.
“Pakistan has regretted the loss of innocent lives and admitted that some rockets might have landed in Afghan territory when security forces were chasing militants,” said the statement.
**However, a military official denied the charge, saying allegations were aimed at putting pressure on Pakistan after it protested over the cross-border raids into tribal areas by militants from Afghanistan.
According to Reuters, 56 members of the Pakistan security forces have been killed and 81 wounded in a series of militant attacks from Afghanistan over the past month.**
But the foreign ministry handout said: “Pakistan condemns the loss of lives and destruction of property on both sides by the militants. We consider Afghanistan’s loss as our own loss. It is…imperative that efforts be redoubled by both sides to attain the objectives of shared peace and security and to enhance cooperation for shared development and prosperity.”
Both sides also agreed not to allow their respective soils to be used against each other.
Officials familiar with the meeting say the two sides believe that ‘enemies of peace’ are trying to create misunderstanding between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
“There are elements on both sides of the border who do not want to see improved ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan,” commented an Afghan diplomat, who requested not to be named. However, he would not identify such elements.
Officials say both sides were not only concerned over the surge in terrorist attacks but also worried over the failure of US-led Nato forces to stop cross border attacks by Taliban militants in Pakistani border regions. Karzai government feels that it is more the responsibility of Nato troops to stop attacks inside Pakistan from Afghan side as they are mainly responsible for border security and not the Afghan army.
**The Foreign Office confirmed that a meeting between the concerned military authorities will be held soon to enhance information-sharing and coordination between Pakistan-Afghanistan and Nato forces.
The agreement comes even as Pakistan said on Monday that dozens of Taliban infiltrated from Afghanistan to attack a check-post, killing a soldier and injuring another.**
Army spokesperson Maj Gen Athar Abbas confirmed the attack in Bajaur, around three kilometres from the Afghan border while intelligence officials said at least four militants were also killed. Bajaur administration official Islam Zeb told AFP that more than 100 Afghan Taliban attacked the paramilitary checkpost in the Kitkot area of Mamoond district in Bajaur early on Monday.
(With additional input from Agencies)
Published in The Express Tribune, July 5th, 2011.
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^ do you think these are mere allegations? our army claims that around 60 army men have been killed in Mohmand and Dir in cross border raids from Eastern Afghanistan during the past month. When Pakistan started operations in Swat, Mohmand and Dir etc, Americans vacated their posts from Eastern Afghanistan so as to provide a save haven to Anti Pakistan forces there.
No I'm not saying taliban incursions from Afghanistan in Pakistan are fiction.
All I'm saying is that not very long ago the US was complaining that taliban incursions from Pakistan into Afghanistan were harming the progress of the war there.
We were absent on the border at that time - and allowed safe havens in Pak, now they are absent on the border and are allowing havens on the Afghan side. In a way I'd say we deserved it - (not the people loosing their lives) but in that we've sowed the seeds of our own failure.
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http://outlookafghanistan.net/news?post_id=1134
Parliament Wants to Sever Diplomatic Ties with Pakistan
KABUL - Parliament called on President Hamid Karzai’s administration to sever diplomatic ties with Pakistan over continuing cross-border attacks in the eastern provinces, and pledged unwavering support of any retaliatory action taken by the government. According to Afghan Border Police, over the past two months Pakistani forces have fired missiles, rockets and artillery shells into eastern Kunar and Nangarhar provinces.
So far about 700 rounds of shells have landed on Afghan soil from Pakistan, security officials say. As many as 50 people have been killed and dozens injured in the cross-border attacks, while hundreds have fled their homes.
The Afghan government says it has taken up the matter with Pakistani officials, but still the incursions continue to take place. In condemnation of the attack, the lower house of parliament issued a statement asking the government to sever diplomatic relations with Pakistan. It said that Parliament would support the government if it launched retaliation attacks and that “Pakistan should pay compensation for the damages and casualties caused by the attacks.”
The statement urged the United Nations and Islamic countries to intervene and put pressure on Pakistan to stop the shelling of Afghan territory. A lawmaker from eastern Nangarhar province, Faridon Momand, said that issuing a statement would not help heal the wounds of Afghans. He suggested the government should carry out a tit-for-tat response to the attacks. Momand said Pakistan targeted Afghan villages to pave the way for Pakistani militants to sneak into Afghan villages.
Saleh Mohammad Saleh, a lawmaker from Kunar province, said a number of his constituents have been killed and wounded in the rocket attacks. If the government has no intentions of responding to the attacks, he warned, the people of Kunar are ready to do so.](“http://outlookafghanistan.net/news?post_id=1134”)
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^^ I really want to know whats the US stance on this
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The US dont have anything to do with it, they are watching! Otherwise their drones come into action when even a car starts moving in the Pakistani side, how come they dont notice notice hundreds of people attacking the Pakistanis and receding back unharmed. Some western diplomats fear that this can develop into a full fledge conflict between the two countries.
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^^ If Afghans can not control few hundreds from attacking Pakistan, they shouldn't be crying either... or it is, we hit you but if you hit back it is foul play
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^^ If Afghans can not control few hundreds from attacking Pakistan, they shouldn't be crying either... or it is, we hit you but if you hit back it is foul play
Sir Afghans are funding these TTP guys( not afghan Taliban) to attack Pakistan
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800 attack dir today
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Militants set ablaze school in Upper Dir
Updated at: 1105 PST, Wednesday, July 06, 2011
DIR: Afghan extremists once again violated Pakistan-Afganistan borderline and set a school on fire in border area Wednesday, Geo News reported. Security forces and local Lashkars are trying hard to push Afghan militants back and secure the area.
According to sources, the militants entered a Pakistani village of Kharao near border area of Barawal where they burnt the school.
Security forces and Lashkar members reached the spot and exchanged fire with the terrorists, however, no casualty has been reported yet.
There are approximately 800 attackers including locals of Afghan province Kantar, sources added.
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Time for the UN to take over the security of Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan as Pak government failed to provide security to the people of those areas. Pak forces should withdraw to Punjab and start guarding their nuclear facilities to make sure WMD does not fall into the wrong hands.
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Time for the UN to take over the security of Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan as Pak government failed to provide security to the people of those areas. Pak forces should withdraw to Punjab and start guarding their nuclear facilities to make sure WMD does not fall into the wrong hands.
You can't be serious! The ISAF can hardly keep order in Afghanistan - the US just pulled out troops from Afghanistan. I don't think what you're proposing is realistic at all.
If the UN/US/ISAF wants to help - they would post troops on the other side of the border - so that the militants are trapped between the ISAF and PA. Right now I fear the militants are just going to escape into Afghanistan. Then ISAF sometime next year will do an operation there and the PA will have gone back by then.
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Time for the UN to take over the security of Pakhtunkhwa and Baluchistan as Pak government failed to provide security to the people of those areas. Pak forces should withdraw to Punjab and start guarding their nuclear facilities to make sure WMD does not fall into the wrong hands.
Ironically these words are coming out of the mouth of a person whose country depends upon foreigners (isaf/NATO) for security. Secondly the article says that the attackers came from Afghanistan, that shows that either afgahnistan and NATO are complicit in this matter or they are incompetent to finish off the terrorist safe havens in Afghanistan.