ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday lodged a strong protest with Afghanistan over cross-border attack on a Pakistan army check post in Lower Dir area from across the border.
According to the statement issued by the ministry of foreign affairs, the Afghan Charge d’ Affaires was called to the Foreign Office and a strong protest was lodged over the cross-border attack on military post in Lower Dir area last night. At least seven terrorists were killed and 9 were injured as the attack was repulsed by the Pakistan military.
Pakistan urged the Afghan authorities, once again, to take effective steps to stop the use of Afghan territory for repeated cross-border fire and physical attacks by terrorists.
Pakistan would also take up the matter with the Afghan government at a higher level in the broader context of enhancing security along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
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@Afghan Maihan and other Indian posters: How much does Modi pay you to comment on this website? We know Israeli government funds internet activists to dehumanize Muslims and Palestinians.
Indians keep denying Muslim Kashmiris, Afghans, and Pakistanis our national sovereignty and keep interfering in our affairs and abusing our religion Islam. Time is coming for justice, believe it. Kashmir, Afghanistan, and Pakistan will be free of foreign influence. Our fate is united together.
@sterry - "So by your logic, when will India get its comeuppance for over 60 years of terrorizing Kashmir and refusing to observe UN resolutions on the issue"
Actually its comeuppance time for Kashmiris, who have kicked out Kashmiri Pandits & Hinduism from the valley - the land of Kashyap rishi, that belonged to us..
@Ali: You think Pakistan can drop 'a couple of nukes' on Kabul and survive ? Why don't you try it ?
@Usman: NO only Pakistanis know everything because they have all the wisdom in the world that is why they have been getting a free lunch since inception of their country in spite of fooling the rest of the world at every step.
Hyper masculine macho comments from a people that cannot fight its way out of a paper bag and have never won a war. It's good for comic relief. Online warriors...lmfao.
@Jahangir Chauhan: They are Indian dogs can't be reformed. Drop couple of nukes on Kabul and everything will be sorted
Eid Mubarak. The only county to vote against Pakistan's entry into the UN in 1948.......Afghanistan. Ever since Ranjit Singh's army defeated Durranis and Barakzais at the battle of Attock in 1813, and in 1815, Sherbaaz khan challenged the authority of Hari Singh Nalwa and tasted defeat, the sikhs have held a sway over the Afghans. It was Afghanistan who made the most noise when Musharraf wanted to build a wall on the border to prevent infiltration. Why was it seriously objected to by USA and Afghanistan? Pakistan will be well advised to take its economy seriously, restructure its foreign policy, and look inwards stridently towards internal reorganization. "With friends like the Afghans, who needs enemies." Salams
@Zaka: Upstream Dams are better than down stream dam as it will not only provide storage & electricity, but will increase life of Tarbela Dam. KPK & Sindh has no objectiono upstream dams as no province can steal water from it and will not inundate fertile lands. Kala Bagh is dead, long live Bhasha Dam.
@Blithe: Punjabi Nationalists derailing Pakistan Agenda. You appear to have a different issue.
@Alfa Romeo Pure Muslims? will you elaborate please. I would like to be enlightened by your thoughts.
@Zaka:
Are you willing to incorporate the land currently in Punjab into KP that will be irrigated thru kalabagh dam namely miawali and adjacent are? If so then Kalabagh can be built. After all it is one Pakistan. If no, then don't even think about bulding Kalabagh dam.
@ali: For Godsake go and do some reserach on Kalabagh dont make it a dispute. It would help all provinces. India funding and changing the mindset of the people that kalabagh will ruin everything. It would help our country, it would more beneficial for all provinces and more share holder will be Sindh and KPK but becuase of Punjab you are against it.
@baby doll main sone di: Pathans of Pakistan are different from Muslims of India. Pathans are original inhabitants of the lands. Indian Muslims are Mujahirs mostly settled in Punjab and fleece the Pakistani society and are generally cowardly like Indians. Best example Musharraf and the other Generals like Zia who lost most wars. Pathans are known to be a fierce and highly temperamental warrior tribe of Pure Muslims.
It seems to me like more than one can play the same game. It must hurt to see the tables turned. As long as it is a lesson learned, all should be well. Somehow, I think not.
We Indians do not respect the durrand line.Pakthunkhwa is home to pakthoons and not pakistanis.period.naara takbeer allah who akbar, we need to help pakthoons gain freedom.
@Alladitta: Pakistan got peanuts for hosting millions of refugees who are a burden on the social fabric of Pakistan. It needs to ficus on providing for its own citizens. Billions if not trillions were lost due to the instability caused by the Afghan war and the Afghan refugees. The little money for hosting refugees did not make up for a small fraction of what Pakistan spent and lost. Pakistan is not like the wealthy western nations where Afghans can smuggle themselves as refugees and live on social assistance. The wealthy western countries have welfare programs that can help unemployed Afghan refugees - Pakistan does not. The wealthy countries can deal with unemployed refugees living on welfare from Afghanistan whereas Pakistan cannot.
@Usman: Looking at what's happening, now I know. Lol
@NaMo: So by your logic, when will India get its comeuppance for over 60 years of terrorizing Kashmir and refusing to observe UN resolutions on the issue. Taking advantage of gullible Afghans to fight your proxy war for the last 60 years has only destroyed Afghanistan. Why can't India stop meddling and ask yourself why all of India's neighbors resent its scheming and interference.
@Blithe: Well then Pakistani missles will have to be renamed too ! The ghauri.ghazanvi as they are Afghani. Isn't Afghanistan part of the Ummah ? @Sterry what has 60years of begin an american puppet got pakistan? Insabilty and miseries ! It mind boggling, an entire generation of pakistans is born with a tape in their head, that keeps playing india, indian.most pakistani somehow manage to put the blame on outsider.takes a lot of practise to fool oneself. Et b fair.
Remember Salala check post attack. Accounts not closed yet
Pakistan Army is doing great job clear our land of terrorists. Whereas, Afghanistan is either not able to understand the sensitivity or are incapable. What Pakistan must do now is expand the operation across border. Enter into Afghanistan and kill terrorists. One thing more, it not hidden from anyone that terrorists operating in Pakistan are Indian sponsored with their training centers in Afghanistan. Pakistan really has to take care of that.
What goes by, comes around, It's pay back time Pakistan. Sabhi parosiyon tumhara bahot hisab kitab baki hai
So now the shoe is on the other foot....
Are you registering a complaint that you killed 7 strategic assets and wounded 9? I wonder how either the Afghan or Pakistan diplomats can keep a straight face when Pakistan complains about cross border terrorism - same argument Afghan has been making for over a decade. Whats the old saying - You reap what you sow?
@ajeet: Afghanistan has long allowed India to use it as a base for strategic depth but in the end it has only hurt common Afghans. What has 60 years of being an Indian puppet state brought Afghanistan? Nothing but instability and misery. The Afghanistan regime should rethink it's longstanding policy which successive governments there have followed. Pakistan needs to mine and fence the border to keep out all illegal instrusions from Afghanistan and deport the illegal refugees who are living in Pakistan.
Look who is taking now snakes whom pakistan nurtured is attacking
@Blithe: Dream on.....
@Blithe: More simpler would be to teach the army brass why the durand line was drawn and by whom with whom? It was certainly not drawn up to serve as as the border line between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Rex Minor
the case of pathans in pakistan is the same as the case of Muslims in India. there is a question mark on their belonging.
Excellent work General Raheel. You have turne the table. Now its Afghanistan/US turn to control militants on its side. I am so proud of my Army now.
Last I checked, Pakistan has a quite a few short range ballistic and cruise missiles in its inventory.
Take back the Afgh & give it to a friendly Govt. They were fine until international troops landed with a thousand plus Indian "Divide-n-Conquer" Conspiring agents... 12 years ago. Protesting is not going to work with Afgh. Protest with India, if at all, with advising office there for the unwise leaders. Start a fence wall now, it's time, with lights like India has on Kashmir border. And Watchmen on high mud/termite towers they have. Afgh was never a friendly Govt.
@jg:
I wonder how Pakistan would respond to US "boots on the ground" using your rationale? You made your bed now sleep in it.
@Jahangir Chauhan: You have any idea how much money pakistani government gets from international agencies for these refugees. The day they leave so will the money.
@Blithe
-No thanks, KPK is fine, the province also voted for ANP.
-Rename the airport after your idol Zia ul Haq if you like.
-Kalabagh Dam will be built over our dead bodies.
-Sort out your strategic depth policies, problem is not Afghans or Pakhtuns of KPK.
@ajeet: Do you even know the meaning of the word?
Just asked them tot ake away all your 3 million refugees residing in the country for last more then 3 decades next time they attack us. Just throw them away and attack their post as well. These kind oif attacks are there to divert army attention from real militants and give the militants a safe passage to escape. Shame on that nation and their government.
Send all Afghans back to their homeland .
Rename KPK to NWFP - as the province voted for Pakistan.
Rename airport - it's an insult for Majority to have it named Bacha Khan .
Start working on Kalabagh damn .
Precision guided missiles . It's time to get serious .
Strategic depth anyone?