Tensions Soar on Afghan-Pakistan Border After Pakistani Shelling
Afghan Officials: Four Civilians Killed in Latest Shelling
Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan over their mutual border continue to rise this weekend, with allegations from Afghan officials that Pakistani government shelling hit several homes in Kunar Province, killing four civilians.
Afghanistan’s Foreign Ministry warned that the deaths and the continued shelling put their relationship with Pakistan under “considerable strain,” saying that the continuation of such strikes was unacceptable.
Pakistan has regularly complained about the Tehreek-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) operating out of safe havens in Kunar, with several major attacks against Swat Valley and Bajaur coming out of Kunar.
The attacks and the backlash mirror the same situation in Waziristan, where NATO and Afghanistan have complained of “safe havens” on the Pakistani side of the border, and used this to justify their own attacks across the border, killing civilians in the tribal area.
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Dr.Khan
July 22nd, 2012 at 8:16 pm
so it is now tit for tat or vice versa thing.
MvGuy
July 23rd, 2012 at 4:51 am
William, S Lind recently said on the Scot Horton show…………………
[" All this election stuff is just kabuki for the rubes in fly over land. There is one party and it's the establishment party. [It] Doesn't matter which party wins the election. What you're going to get is more of the same because they're both part of the same crew. Because if you are a member of the establishment and you propose anything more than five degrees rudder change from current policy, you instantly cease to be a member of the establishment.
Regardless of who's in, regardless of what power, what party, all the rest of it. You are going to get more of the same because thats all the establishment is capable of doing. They insulate themselves from, reality by making sure that no one is ever heard who has a contrary opinion"]
More priceless analysis by Mr. Lind… Has anyone said it better…??? Is anyone still wondering why Afghanistan is where empires go to get a haircut… or die…. Shades of A.J. and prisonplanet dot com.. but AJ is no WSL & visa versa… 1OOOs of thanks to Scot…. I hope I transcribed this quote correctly…
It's here: http://scotthortonshow.com/2012/07/09/william-s-l…
Andron
July 23rd, 2012 at 1:39 pm
What are the Afghans complaining about?
Whats sauce for the goose is sauce for the gander.
You stop all cross border killings into Pakistan and we will stop cross border killings into Afghanistan.