Afghan Troops Destroy Pakistan Border Checkpoints, Sparking Clashes
Afghan Officials Demand Removal of All Border Outposts
Tensions along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border have spilled over again near the Khyber Pass today, when Afghan troops began destroying Pakistani border checkpoints before being attacked by Pakistani troops.
The skirmish reportedly didn’t lead to any “serious” casualties on either side. It is the second clash over border posts in the past week, after last week’s incident left an Afghan policeman killed and two Pakistani soldiers wounded.
Afghan officials responded to today’s clash with an official protest against Pakistan, demanding that they unilaterally remove all border outposts along the Durand Line in the region.
The issue is that Afghanistan doesn’t recognize the border between the two nations, established in a 1893 agreement with Britain, and contains to maintain that a large portion of Pakistan is secretly theirs.
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mojo
May 6th, 2013 at 9:11 pm
USA and EU on it again.., look: we said that from day one.., USA and EU governments are after countries in northern part of Persian gulf.., from Lebanon to Syria, to Iraq, to Iran, and to central Asia Afghanistan and Pakistan.., thus far they are going no where but wars and wars.., now they are cooking up more of the same to divide the nation in that part of the world…, these regimes working backwards.., they are unable to se or have a vision for the world economy or world peace.., if you ask them a question about the either matter.., they think you are one of them….?