Several hundred militants had crossed over from Afghanistan and occupied three villages in Bajaur Agency.
At least 12 militants were killed on Friday in clashes between Afghan militants and volunteers of Mamond Qaumi Lashkar – a tribal militia – on the border of the Afghanistan’s eastern Kunar province.
One lashkar volunteer was reported to be injured.
On Thursday, hundreds of heavily-armed militants had intruded and attacked Sarkai, Manro Jangal and Mokha villages of Mamond tehsil of the Bajaur Agency, killing five. Sources said the clashes continued for a second consecutive day.
Security forces also pounded militant hideouts with heavy artillery and mortars. Sources said that security forces were conducting search operation in these areas but the militants have fled, leaving behind heavy arms and ammunition.
Locals said that militants have been pushed back into Afghanistan after security forces and lashkar mounted a joint attack.
They said that security forces and the lashkar were carrying out joint patrols in the area while the security forces have also set up check-posts. This is the third time over the past two months that Afghan militants have crossed into Pakistan. This is, however, the first time that it has happened in Bajaur Agency. Earlier, two similar clashes took place in Lower and Upper Dir districts on April 22 and June 1, respectively.
Pakistan protests
Pakistan on Friday lodged a strong protest with Afghanistan over cross border incursion by armed militants in Bajaur Agency.
A statement issued by the Foreign Office said that Afghanistan Charge d’ Affaires Majnoon Gulab was summoned and was handed over a strong demarche containing serious concerns of the government.
In addition, the government of Afghanistan was asked to prevent such cross-border incidents from occurring in the future.
Meanwhile, serious concern over air incursion by Isaf/Nato aircraft that attacked Pakistan Military Ziarat post in South Mohmand inside Pakistan, has been conveyed to the US Embassy in Islamabad.
In this regard, a joint inquiry of the incident has also been requested and the matter has been taken up with the US/NATO/ISAF on both military and diplomatic tracks, said the other statement issued by the Foreign Office.
With additional input by our correspondent in Islamabad.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 18th, 2011.
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our media is quick to scream and cry about violation of our sovereingty by the americans but why no cries of ‘qaum ki ghairat’ when religious terrorists from afghanistan violate our sovereignty?
is our ‘ salmiat’ only violated when the violators are non-muslims,why don’t we get angry when our murderers are muslims?? does my murderer’s being a muslim make his crime any less a crime?Recommend
Nato’s terrorism across the border, yet Pakistan is responsible for everything. The militants who came in a huge number couldn’t cross the border without NATO’s support. Shame on this global terrorist organizationRecommend
Hot pursuit case — use the opportunity now Recommend
**Cross Border Terrorism** was India’s headache uptil now,
Now the very same ghost of **Cross border terrorism** has returned to haunt PakistanRecommend
Pakistan is being roasted by CIA and its B-Team Talibans. Lets enjoy fruits of cooperation on war on terror. Pakistan Army and the whole nation was trapped by so called friend US.Recommend
@rizwan shahid:
Everyone should have equal chance when rape is inevitable … Whether its NATO (you) or Taliban (We)Recommend
This was not possible during last govt….nor Mr Karzai had the guts to act / say anything & many times Ms Rice brockered peace between Musharraf & Karzai…Recommend
In retalitition, we should send Haqqani Militia into Afghanistan.Recommend
We are governed by three blind mice!Recommend
Americans and NATO proudly claim that they can see a needle in the hay with their satellites but they go BLIND when terrorists supported and armed by them crossover to attack Pakistan. Pakistan Armed Forces should take these as war against Pakistan by NATO / USA and retaliate.Recommend
American media has intensified their propaganda against Pakistan Army and Chief of Army Gen.Kiyani. Fox news: O Reily is advising the American political leadership to BOMB PAKISTAN. New York Times , CNN. You name it and they are vomiting hate against Pakistan and are demanding release of 5 CIA informants.
On the other hand , we as a nation are joining hands with these enemies and kicking our Army .Recommend
As soon as General Kayani sends the message that he is ready for joint operation with US in North Waziristan. All cross-border operations from Kunar Province into Bajaur and Dir will
stop.Recommend
An infantry brigade is or would be enough for them to shutup for ever, they wont dare talk again or send in terrorists to kill our innocent Pakistani civilians.Recommend
@Iftikhar-ur-Rehman:
wake up and come out of your cave.it’s not western propaganda.We have lived in this country and seen it descend into islamic extremism.we’ve seen how our agencies supported,funded and promoted these ‘soldiers of islam’ who have now turned against their masters and have now killed 40000 of our own people in the name of islam.
there is a nexus between some elements in our government and the jihadi terrorists,everyone knows this,screaming ‘yahodi saazish,hindu saazish’ won’t hide the truth.instead of living in denial ,we should demand that our state stop its support of islamic terrorism.enough is enough ,if we don’t move against religious terrorism now ,our future generations will live in somalia like conditions.Recommend
By the way those groups are supported by NATO forcesRecommend
@Haseena:
as you sow , so shall u reapRecommend
@Romm:
So u mean Afgan taliban is pakistans proxyRecommend
@asad naeem:
“We have lived in this country and seen it descend into islamic extremism”
islamic extremism is true islam and the same is practiced is KSA.Either take it or leave it, there is nothing called moderate islam which half converts practiceRecommend
Seems like America’s proxy war is not so proxy anymore. Afghan military allied with TTP militants facilitated by NATO (read USA) are openly attacking Pakistan’s tribal areas, targeting civilians……….Please wake up, America is not our friend.Recommend
“At the time, Pakistan conveyed “strong concern” to the Afghan ambassador to Islamabad, calling for “stern action” by Afghan and US-led NATO troops to crack down on militants in eastern Afghanistan.”
Isnt the same thing being told to Pakistan by the whole world to crack down on Pakistan based militants. If it is good for the goose , it is good for the gander as well. It is also called “Reverse strategic depth”Recommend
@asad naeem:
They crossed the border into Pakistan from a country were NATO is controlling things form under there nose 250-300 militants i guess NATO is western so it is a western propaganda. I think you should wake and come out of the western support cave.Recommend
This is part of the CIA plan long released on internet to disintegrate Pakistan. Even new maps are on internet for final frontiers of Pakistan. US is going fine as per plan. We are still sleeping with the enemy. Our Army still trust US for dollars and weapons. Trust God, they cannot do any harm if Allah is with us but our faiths are so weak, we think we will die if we leave US. How low our Faiths are….Recommend
Why can’t Russia be supporting them in disguise of Chechens, Uzbeks etc etc … Just check Kharotabad incident’s new videos our patriotic media was like running here and there on one leg when it came to reporting that event and maligning our own FC & Police but now they are all quiet to expose their identity and show the full video in which those so called innocent are shown training etc along with their Russian passports.Recommend
pay back time of policies of our ‘dangerous duffers’Recommend
@sudhir:
Really Sudhir … How come over 1 Billion Muslims didn’t know this ? and how come there was no TTP etc for the past thousands years but just from a few years?
Please don’t show your face here if you can’t speak the truth.
My whole family is Muslims but non of them speaks of any such extremism that you are referring to. I think as a muslim I know more about our religion than you do … and that is … (1)Don’t attack any one unless they attack you and even then during the war don’t hurt any one if they are unarmed even if your enemy. (2) Forgiveness is greater than revenge (3) Suicide is strictly prohibited any one committing it will have a place in hell so will the one who kills any innocent human.
Do I need to tell you more? Recommend
@sudhir:
Just for you from another Indian author so that you don’t have any doubts in facts,
http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2010/aug/14/silence-over-kashmir-conflictRecommend
@sudhir ha ha, you are right! Too bad for you the Islam of you and your Taliban brothers was borrowed from the Jews! Man made, corrupted, anti-Quran Islam = hellfire! No hooris for you!Recommend
O God, why have you foresaken PakistanRecommend
@Khan: Till 1970 kasmir was peaceful, If you see old bollywood movies they all shot in kasmir. Kashmir was true heaven untill those bloody millitants entered from across the border. There is one more thing India is not slave of goras. We got independence in 1947. We know who ruled and divided this region. Don’t talk about goras. Recommend
@Asad Naeem…
Try and realize the difference. The ones attacking Pakistan and inside Pakistan are not the real Taliban. They are simply terrorist or rather “ujrati qatil”. Since when have you heard that the Taliban took blame for attacks inside Pakistan. TTP and such factions are a creation of CIA to malign the image of the muslims in general and the Taliban in particular. Differentiate between the two. Do not address those Terrorists as Islamic militants. They have nothing to do with Islam.Recommend
Northren atlantic terrorists organization ie NATO, US and northren allience are all in a row to destroye aur country.. But still its our war because aur leaders are their puppet..Recommend
This is suspicious. Why suddenly all these Taliban attacks out of the blue ?Recommend
local people are reporting massacre of pak security forces this attack was planned by cia looks like lot of bodies lying on the streets some reports say more than 30 soldiers killed has anyone watched video of pak army brutality its a shameRecommend
How can they justify the passage of hundreds of militants ?!Recommend
@ Chilli – stop kidding yourself. This is what Pakistan gets for creating the Taliban and supporting terrorists as “strategic assets”.
@ Romm – so you’re basically saying what the world knows. The ISI controls some of the terrorists but many others are astray now and hell bent on taking over all of Pakistan.
@ Ammad – please stop kidding yourself. The TTP is a Pakistani entity. These people may do awful things in the name of Islam but it doesn’t change what they think they are following. They aren’t the creation of the CIA. They are the creation of Zia and Pakistan’s lovely Saudi / Wahabi / Salafi friends who have ruined Pakistan’s education system.Recommend
@Capt. Ali. Everyone knows that Taliban enter Afghanistan from their sanctuary within Pakistan to attack NATO forces — if NATO can’t stop them entering Afghanistan or retreating back into Pakistan then why do you assume that militants entering Pakistan from Afghanistan can only do so with NATO permission? NATO doesn’t view Taliban as strategic assets — if your inside Afghanistan, look like a Taliban and are carrying a weapon — then your a legit target. Doesn’t matter whether your heading towards Pakistan or not.
The reality is that Pakistan has lost control of it’s strategic assets and you should not blame NATO for that.Recommend
Nothing new. This is how they came a 1000 years ago and 500 years ago and butchered innocent people and looted their properties. I get a shock when some call them saviors and praise them!Recommend
@Romm:
Please do send them in. The only reason we haven’t been able to touch them is because of their location. We’d love the chance to welcome them with open arms and a kick to the crotch. Really, get Imran Khan to do a dharna in protest of Pakistan not putting the haqqani network into action. We’d love you for it. er wait… That would go nowhere. Tell us what we have to blow up to get you to get them to come out and play. We won’t let you down.Recommend
OMG, it is suspicious act, Afghans have stayed in Pakistan over 2 decades & when they went back, now the are attacking & working against Pakistan…if Afghans are trying to start a war with Pakistan on behalf of America, they must be then chased & crushed. I solute to people of tribes in Pakistan who have fight against them & protected the tribal belt for Pakistan over 60 years when there was no army in those areas…
Pakistan must act now as America is playing a third party game with Pakistan by using India & Afghanistan against Pakistan.Recommend
@Thinking:
TTP has been created in 2006. How in the whole world can anyone justify their existence ? To attack India … since 2006 ? To attack the USA… since 2006 ? Afghanistan ?Recommend
All Taliban and suicide bombers are Afghan nationals. They come from Afghanistan and attack our security forces. Calling Taliban “Pakistani”, and Pakistan the centre of Taliban is complete rubbish and nonsense.
Afghanistan has been the traditional hub of Taliban, was ruled by the Taliban and the Taliban is itself an Afghani movemement. Get your facts right.Recommend
@Cautious: ohh again an indian. You know there is so much hatred in your language specially when we look at the stress points like YOUUU, YOURRR SANCTUARIES. anyway, sitting in india doesnt make you Bob Woodward or Dan Brown to be so precise. I am a serving military soldier who fights these terrorists every day and have seen my men die infront of me. Dont give me this logical like your absurd news channels *Pakistan ka PARMAANOON BUMB aur Bharat k khilaaf nafrat*, these terrorists are not Pakistani who from the Afghani side, they have long tangled hair, flat faces and strong broad builds like that of Tajiks and we surely have intelligence with evidence they are recruited by CIA and trained at the indian consulates across the border in Afghanista.Recommend
@Thinking: thinking but with an indian mentality. You have no business trolling here. If i get into details of what and when you’ve created against SriLanka and China that would turn into a big debate. Recommend
Well… first the President of Afghanistan will deny they came from Afghanistan. Next he will claim that these were “NON STATE ACTORS” (God, I despise that word). Next the Govt. of Afghanistan will deny all and any proof provided by Pakistan that these militants came from across the border. They will show a green and white wristband on the hands of the slain militants and thus conclude that they were Pakistani and not Afghans. Finally it will be concluded that Islamic Zionists from within Pakistan are behind the attack.
At least now have some empathy about why Indians are so angry about 26/11.Recommend
We can not bear the influence from Afghanistan. Pak Army should go to Afghanistan and hit them severely so that they can not think again to attack.Recommend
Its all zionists plan to dis integrate the Pakistan and break the world’s only Muslim nuclear Power. But our army and high command sitting here is not fool. they must be knowing all the westeren plans to invade Pakistan and they must have some contigency plan in place in case west in collaboration with India wedges a full scale war against Pakistan. Recommend
@Rock:
Who is talking about Goras ? You didn’t have spine to read the article either … Its written by an Indian who isn’t a muslim either … Till 1970s Kashmiris waited for Pakistan to do something about it that’s why you thought it was peaceful just as your government think the same nowadays … Don’t tell me all those 80,000 people killed in Kashmir are not native …Why not dare to watch an Occupied Kashmir demonstration video on youtube? … Not that I am going to grab a piece of plot or house in Kashmir neither I am in support of such movement .. In this big universe its only place inhabitable and all humans should live peacefully but I’m just telling you facts otherwise I have nothing to do with Kashmir issue. IF India really wants to solve this core issue she has to solve it not by giving it to Pakistan but according to aspirations of NATIVE Kashmiri people. Recommend
@Capt. Ali:
Try it Captain. Then we shall see.Recommend
@Faisal:
That’s what we call self importance. As though the world has nothing better to do.Recommend
Faisal: The honour of disintegration of Pakistan is best left to the Pakistanis themselves. They are doing a better job than that can be done by India, USA and Israel combined Get the message ?Recommend
@Gulshan:
lol that is the most hilarious thing to say … There are millions of Afghan refugees living in our country and our govt can’t evict them from past 32 years the same people who hate our country were living here doing their businesses openly without paying a single tax … were going to our schools, colleges & universities without paying anything still hate us and still go back & forth without any documents every single day .. and you are saying we should go into their country and teach them a lesson ?? Bravo…
I came to London to to study and had to pay three times more than local students because i was a foreign International student had to go through all the process before coming here and have to pay all taxes now … first treat those millions of refugees living freely like foreigners then talk about these few dozen and hundreds. We can never be secured in 1000 years unless we seal that border stop this nonsense called refugees. We have been suffering multi billions $$ coz of them but they love our neighbors for just 1 Billion$. Recommend
@Romm: Yes, they did blow up a Nato general and a few top Afghan generals a few weeks back! that is enough for them us to know who is who and what is whatRecommend
@Khan:
1. Why did Pakistan get into Afganistan in first place? “Strategic depth”? You occupy their territory for your doctrine and then have audicity to blame Afgans! End of the day it was your doing that has boomranged on you big time.
2. Ask the Pakistani govt how much it gets paid from the UN per refugee? You will be surprised?Recommend
Also, don’t exaggerate : Afghan refugees I’ve met – at least in Mirpur and Karachi, and if they’re not hypocritical – are not against Pakistan. These people need our helps in these times, so don’t blame them fully!
But I agree that we should handle them differently/more effectively.Recommend
@Khan: Please talk about kasmiri pundit and christens who got killed from 1976 onwards. Kashmiri pundits can not go to valleys. They are living in slums outskirts of delhi. They have become refugee in their own country. And ask me who did this. It’s your watchman who not only capture your country and made you slave but also 4 times shattered our windows. So called stupid strategic depth “My foot”. India is a secular country we will not allow kashmir to become unsecular. We know what you did to pakistan. One day kashmiri pundits and christens will live with muslims in the valley. We will make secular kashmir with budhist,sikhs, pundits, muslims and Christens living together. Insha allah!Recommend
@Khan:
Please read the History followed by Muslims around the world and say are they in line with what ever you say as true Islam or what they practiced as true Islam. The entire Islamic period has sufferred due to Inter(mis)pretation of Islam and entire world is spliting on us and our Holy Quran for wrong doing , being muslim I got doubt which version of Islam is true and which one is false we are exactly following opposite of what has found in Islam., Either Islam is wrang or Muslim is wrong, both cannot bae rightRecommend
@Capt. Ali: Oh yes, 1st follow the rule it clearly says that “watchman is not allow in the kitchen in any circumstances.” Is it clear to you now? Recommend
@Abdulla: The world is divided based on political boundaries, not religious. Everyone is OK with this division except the Muslims. To them, it is Muslims vs non-Muslims. This messes up the whole balance as they start to interfere in other country’s affairs to “liberate” the Muslims. This has been Pakistan’s problems. If you just mind your own business and leave the rest alone to take care of themselves, you’ll be just fine. But your TTP’s and LeT’s and the JM’s are so touched by the plight of the non-Pakistani Muslims that they have to kill Pakistani Muslims just to cool down! Recommend
@Tony Singh:
Its very easy to use words like Strategic Depth etc but not looking at history and facts …
I belong to Peshawar I guess if you know the geography you would know how near that is from Afghan border its the main city which has been hosting these refugees from the time i was born … When the Soviet left in 1988 for years the so called afghan leaders were fighting and killing each other.. the country was an open battle ground where all the warlords would fight each other … their leaders went to Saudia for reconciliation backed by then Pakistan govt to find a political solution but that didn’t last for more than a month .. In 2001 there were over 5 Million Afghan refugees living freely in Pakistan only. I used to live in a town called Hayatabad (a posh area in Peshawar) where all their so called governors & political leaders have houses … in front of my house there was a cigarette seller on cart who was spying on one of governor’s family for couple of days and then they started indiscriminate firing on his car killing all of them in front of us in broad day light and fled back to their country.
They used to do all sort of crimes and would just run away back to their country .. Few criminals did 26/11 and you have suspended all sort of relations with Pakistan and were even talking to attack us.. now imagine the same sort of situation happening every day for how long your government will sit quiet? How much we have suffered is beyond words in terms of security situation during Soviet war when i was a kid every day there used to be a blast in our city.
2) I dont need to ask our Govt for receiving any funds what every peanuts ($47 per refugee) they were getting were through UNHCR directly .. and there are over 2 million still living in our cities these millions that UNCHR and GoP talk about is the population living in camps while there was no restriction of living outside if you can afford .. Go to our main markets in Peshawar (Saddar, Karkhano etc) and majority of shops are still owned by them. Recommend
This is the proof of NATO’s incompetence who failed to prevent terrorists infiltrating into Pakistan or it can be said they allowed them and turn the blind eye, which makes them suspicious and untrustworthy in their fight against war on terrorism.Recommend
wht we are, are soldiers and wht we know is to win wht we love is pakistan and islam saluteRecommend
hahaha, all fake people here, don’t believe any one, this is cold war, many countries are using afghan soil for punishing their rivals, good luck to everybody, but please look at poor Russia, the big size of country, the atomic power, wealth and the popluation will not help you all get out of the hell createdRecommend
yes again pakistani need to be united against afghan terrerists bcoz neto and indian and afghanis are our bigest ennimis we pakistani should understend we must deport all afghanis from our pak country one day inshallaRecommend
we pakistani should bootout all afghani from our countryRecommend
Till a couple of months back, Karzai was being called the mayor of Kabul with the media gleefully claiming
that his govt and nato had no writ on much of Afghan territory. What has changed now, that nato is able to create cross border attacks?Recommend
actually..these independence giving us chances to UNITE.today they attack on Bajaur Agency. tomorrow they will come after Khyber Agency.
now its time for Pakistanis authorities to think and not to disgraced their own people.. those who have been protecting our borders with out getting paid….
maybe some guys in this forum laugh & might assume its not true..but it is true.i m from that region, what Govt of America(Pakistan) doing with us? you have no idea. oh man. they killed totally innocent peoples whenever they got killed in American’s suicide’s blast.Recommend
@ aftab – I believe your biggest enemies live in Pakistan. Please let the rest of the world know once you have taken care of your problem and are ready to join the party at the adults table. Recommend
our ssg should be enough to tame these US terrorists and its puppets in afghanistan…..Recommend
i think PAK should change their stratogies and policies
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@rizwan shahid:
SHHHHH! Holy warrirors on a holy mission to kill infidel muslims irrespective and indiscriminate to save Pakistan. Our army is currently holding the same objective… WE WANT THE LAND NOT THE PEOPLE and that is why it supports terrorists in FATA and tips them off when an intelligence is give of such.
We have to start thinking… what is our army or the rogue elements in the army ready to do.Recommend
This whole incident just tells us that our tribesmen, generally accused of being ‘Talibans’ just because of their Pashtun ancestry, are the first to kick out Afghan intruders…Recommend
Pakistan was attacked from 3 sides yesterday. Indian crossed into our seas, NATO violated our air space and TTP/Afghan army attacked from ground! The national media and fifth columnists in politics also continue to attack army. Judiciary have totally collapsed to defend Pakistan. Army is now totally surrounded by traitors and enemies! Stand with your army NOW or be ready to see Indians and TTP in your homes!Recommend
Still no need for military operations to cleanse FATA of savage terrorists.Recommend
Don’t the militants from both sides cross over the porous Pak-Afghan border? They attack coalition forces in Afghanistan and Pakistani forces in Pakistan. It is ludicrous to even suggest that we support Taliban who are among our biggest enemy in the region. Just think if it was true then why would they keep attacking us in Afghanistan and why would they target our supply convoys in Pakistan. Do you have an answer for that? Taliban only signify terror and mayhem and oppose anyone who stands against their ideology. Do you not remember what they did to Afghanistan when they got a chance to govern it? Afghanistan was transformed into a prison where people had neither dignity nor hope. The Taliban killed at will….They had closed down girl schools and the boy’s school curriculum was changed to include radical material. This is the same Taliban who are attacking NATO and coalition forces in Afghanistan and these are the same Taliban who are attacking Pakistani forces within Pakistan and from Afghanistan. They are friend to no one. That is the reason United States is working hand to hand with their Pakistani counterpart to ensure the elimination of Al-Qaida and Taliban operatives on either side of the border.
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This is one example here, Indian are more worried that after breaking USSR< pak under the war against terror will break india into thirteen, The world is gettign paraniod over tacticts pak using,, please pak stop this, the world is worried, about only u, they even forgot what others doingRecommend
neighbors fight, why others are crying here, Pakistan hosted 5 million afghans, educated, fed and sheltered them for not just one year, but the pain in ass is that indians from no where are commenting here to take advantage of a conspiracy, come on be human, logical and understand, it is not kargil, here, we dealing militancy,,,which is new born orphan due to a world politics, and no body is going to own this that it is their baby, as it is the bastered,Recommend
@rizwan shahid: The global elites are looking to dissolve all borders and do away with national sovereignty. Here is the US we have invaders from the Mexico many of who are committing crimes on our border and killing ranchers and farmers. Seems the only country that has the right to defend itself is Israel.
I think it is long overdue that the US government and military leave every country alone by closing its bases and bringing home the soldiers. Peace is the only righteous path but to the rich and powerful there is no profit in peace.Recommend
@1776blues:
I agree with you 100% that US government and military should leave each country alone and get back your soldiers. Recommend