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Upper Dir incursion: US, NATO were involved in attack, says CM Hoti
Chief minister says Afghan govt failed to prevent militants from building sanctuaries in Kunar province.
Ameer Haider Hoti says he holds Afghan government equally responsible for the attack.
PESHAWAR:
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti said the US and Nato forces were involved in an attack on a security checkpoint in Upper Dir that killed 28 security personnel.
The chief minister was addressing a grand Jirga held at the District Headquarters of Upper Dir on Wednesday. Hoti said that the US and Nato forces have a large base and several checkpoints near the border at Kunar, the northeastern Afghan province.
“How can hundreds of militants easily cross the Pak-Afghan border without the consent and guidance of Nato and US forces?” Hoti said.
More than 1,000 militants crossed the Pak-Afghan border on June 1 and launched an attack on police and Levies’ check posts at the Shaltalo area of Upper Dir, resulting in the death of 28 police and levies personnel, five civilians and four others being injured. Seven schools and one mosque were also destroyed by the militants in the area, the minister said.
The K-P chief minister also held the Afghan government responsible for the incident. “It’s a complete failure on part of the Afghan government who could not prevent the militants from building sanctuaries in Kunar and Nuristan provinces where anti-Pakistan insurgents are receiving training. So we have the right to ask the Afghan government how these people were trained in Afghanistan and how they crossed the border despite the presence of government forces,” said Hoti.
The Jirga also discussed the formation of a local lashkar (volunteer armed group) in both districts of Lower Dir and Upper Dir for maintaining law and order.
Hoti assured the tribal elders regarding strict security arrangements for the Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Barwal and said the provincial government has asked the federal government to return the Frontier Corps (FC) personnel deployed in Islamabad and Karachi.
“We have decided to deploy FC personnel on the Kunar border to stop any aggression and ambush from Afghanistan,” Hoti said.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 9th, 2011.
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Very interesting he is also alive in Pakistan. After his statement, Americain will not keep remain their activity in area of Pushton terrority. We are proud of him, this is first time of American involvement. After his solid statement, Americian will not interfere in Pushton area.
This is cheating with people.Recommend
at last some responsible person openly speeks up…..Recommend
Other than the fact that he obviously doesn’t like the USA — perhaps he will take the time to provide a reasonable explanation on why/how the USA can hire a group of people it has spent Billions trying to eradicate just to attack a border outpost that no one in the USA has ever heard of. It makes no sense.Recommend
It takes two to tango. When the flow of militants is from Pakistan to Afghanistan the former claims “do not know, cannot see”. I am sure in case of this reverse flow Afghanistan will apply the same logic. Pakistani Taliban and Afghan Taliban are two sides of the same coin. If either of these Taliban manage to survive till the Americans and NATO troops withdraw from Afghanistan, they will eventually take down both these unfortunate neighbors. Having already tasted Power in Afghanistan these Taliban are now playing for high stakes. We can clearly see they are now using the dangerous tactics of subversion, eating the victim from the inside. With supporters and collaborators now firmly entrenched within both the Afghan and Pakistani Armies the strategy of corroding and sabotaging these Institutions from inside carries dangerous portents.Recommend
Even Afghan President has more guts in his protests despite living under occupayion,Recommend
I’m 1000% sure, he right. I think we still have time to say GOOD BYE TO US.
if we wasted more time we might loose everything.
US relationship has been shown a great number of loose to us since 1965 and there is nothing we gain out of US friendship.
Yes out top politicians and army generals might have gained a lot in their personal capacity like lands, palaces & rich bank accounts in USA.
I don’t know why we do not seek a direction for our nation.
You guys can’t even believe how big time people laugh on our Nation across the glob.
Still hope for the best.Recommend
@Cautious: Nothing will make sense to anyone if they dont take the time to comprehend what they are reading. Hoti did not say the USA or NATO used people they are trying to eradicate. What he did say was that they used Afghan militants. A militant is a combatant, an armed fighter. It is not a synonym for “Taliban”. The Taliban are militants, but so are US marines. Hoti is obviously referring to soldiers in the Afghan Government trained and supported by the USA & NATO forces.
And how on earth do you construe that he hates the USA? And if he does, so what? He is not alone. Millions of others share the same dislike of the USA. What has that got to do with the facts? Any simpleton will tell you that the Afghan Taliban have never taken their fight outside the borders of their country. Never. Their movement is aimed at liberating their country from an invading force, and as such their armed struggle has remained confined within the borders of Afghanistan.Recommend
Well if Uncle Sam leaves , than Goodbye to the Gravy Train, that most of these Crooks have been living off too!!
Like to visulaise the state of both these countries Pakistan and Afghanistan , without any outside support, financially or Military wise and see where they will be in 6 months time, in mean while the west can observe and leave them to their devices to destroy each other on tribal or national basis and be bankrupted too!! If they already are not defunct to that effect without Aid!!!
One thing I am still concerned about is that with all the assistance and aid that has been pouring in the region for at least last decade from all over the world, How come the Man on the street is still suffering??
Is it the case that Jungle Rule, where its the Survival of the fittest and one with most arms??
Is there any concern among these people for the basic welfare of their own people????Recommend
Good nerves shown by this man! it was indeed Nato’s own men who intruded into Pakistan testing Pakistani nerves. What makes them think they are testing Pakistani nerves fighting against FC soldiers who are the least trained a bit better than police. They sent in armed and highly trained men from various countries to test us. TEST US IN THE BATTLE FIELD RATHER THAN CROSSING BORDERS AND KILL INNOCENT CIVILIANS. FIGHT IN THE OPENRecommend
BREAKING NEWS!!!
The Truth blames Pakistani’s for Upper Dir incursion and all other problems facing Pakistan. Based on the fallacy that since terrorists claim to be muslims, and Pakistani’s claim to be muslim that there exists some code of not killing each other. Apply this same fallacy to Pakistani’s also keep electing the same bad rulers. They will take to the streets for these bad rulers, i.e. Bhutto, Sharif, Musharaff, Iftikar Chaudry, Imran Khan etc. But they wont take to the streets for whats really important, reform of the system. They Parliamentary system is Pakistan’s problem, not NATO or the US. The Presidential system is the only thing that can save Pakistan. Direct election of a President by the people. Force candidates to face off in public debates and lay out their policies. Cabinet members chosen based on actually knowing about the ministry they have, not simply because they are elected to the NA. In short, accountability to the people in a real way.Recommend
So the USA who makes no bones about drone attacks, special ops, and occasional attack helicopter incursions is going to all the trouble to recruit a bunch of bearded Taliban look alike’s just to attack a Pakistan border outpost? What’s the motive? If it’s just to make Pakistan look bad then they don’t really need to do anything – Pakistan handles that well on it’s own.Recommend
agreed 110%Recommend
They should be removed from this world with the help of strong Chinese army.Recommend
Why would US use the talibans when it can use drones to accidentally hit check post?Recommend
Pakistani authorities have to stop the blame game. If they are so sure, they should bring the evidence out infront of media and than speak about it aggressively.
With so much baseless blaming, no one is ready to listen to us anyways.Recommend
@l. Khan: The Afghani president is a joke in the world. No one takes Karzai seriously no matter what he says. Good that Hoti has exposed the duplitious ways of these Afghans. We need to build a big wall to stop them from ever entering our country again. After West leaves, these Afghanis will again run to Pakistan but this time we should keep our door closed. We have suffered enough from these people. Please Hoti build a big fence now and tighten the border. If US can build wall to keep out Mexicans, we can build wall to keep out Afghanis and other nationals coming in illegaly.Recommend
@Capt. Ali: Like you fought in Kargil and all the previous wars. We lost them all or have you forgotten. We keep on denying the reality and keep on dying. Hoti was just pleasing the crowds. Good politics. Wait a few days and you will hear that he was misquoted.Recommend
Grace is right. Pakistan should build a fence around the whole country. Iran has already fenced off its portion of the border and India has done the same. The Afghan and Chinese borders are the only ones that are not safe. This will make everyone happy. Pakistan will be happy that terrorists from Afghanistan are not raiding Pakistan. Afghanistan will be happy that terrorists from Pakistan are not raiding Afghanistan. Win-win.Recommend
mr hoti and his govt need to wake up and plan a strategy for safeguarding the lives and property of the people of pukhtunkhwa , he , bilours and rest of his gang are busy stashing oney abroad and buying apts in dubai and london ! his father and gandfather would be so ashamed of him !Recommend
See, now this is one perfect example of the importance of an intelligence agency that actually works.
It keeps the politicians, who speak for a large number of people, from making a fool of themselves and in turn, making fools of the citizens.
Can you hear the crying in the distance? It’s your self-respect about to suicide attack thin air.Recommend
The authorities must be having ample proof of the involvement of NATO, USA and Afghan forces but are scared of their MASTERS and are not making that public.Recommend
@Iftikhar-ur-Rehman:
Really? I see a lot of the opposite happening. Every obvious problem is ignored, and theories with no evidence get all the publicity.Recommend
Mr Karzai never had the guts to speak to Gen Musharraf during such incursions….records are available that Ms Rice had to intervene a number of times to bring temp down….on American demand to do more & accusations of infiltrations from Pakistani side by the Mr Karzai govt…it was Gen Musharraf who suggested to to build security wall with survelliance cameras & monitoring devices including introduction of biometric systems at the check post…..to check cross border infiltrations & refugees…which was turned down by the Afghan & American govt…??hence, intentions are vey clear…Recommend
US and terrorist both have same agenda against Pakistan. That is proved in this attack again…Recommend
@ishrat salim: The fence could not be built because the Durand Line in contoversial. Afghanistan has never accepted the Durand Line. Had the fence been built it would have become the accepted border which the Afghans have never accepted even during our puppet Taliban Govt. Look at us, we want strategic depth in a country which has never accepted the borders even. The problem lies with us which we continue to hide by creating wacky conspiracy theories.Recommend
Our puppets only have limited rights to say. We listen to this gentelman very few times.Recommend
Our CM Mr. Haider Hotti is very right. Same incident occured on Pak-Afghan border Ursoon in Chitral. It was 2nd May 2011 when dozens of armed people infiltrated from Nooristan (afghanistan) side in Pakistan border village Ursoon and attacked border police post killing at least one cop and kidnapping 3 others including thier arms and ammunations. So it is very clear that Pakistan is facing all the discomfort due the facilitation of Afghan authoreties accompanied by NATO, USA and ISAF. therefore Pakistan must come with crystle clear stance and talk to Afghan, NATO, US and ISAF authorities. apparently these people (Afghan, NATO, US and ISAF) don’t deserve to blaim Pakistan for unrest in thier areas of controlRecommend
Youre the one with the birans here. Im watching for your posts.Recommend
@Bryson:
One does not know ! Who you are refering to? And you ought to do an Spell check too!!!
Get real!!!Recommend
I clicked on this headline thinking there was a good reason to say it. Instead I find someone putting puzzle pieces together using a hammer without caring how stupid the the end result is going to look.
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@Capt. Ali:
They are not testing the soldiers or the FC !! They are testing Pakistan’s leadership GUTS
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