ISLAMABAD: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu early Sunday morning telephoned Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar to express solidarity with the people and government of Pakistan on the Nato attack in Mohmand Agency that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and injured 16 others.
Khar thanked Davutoglu for Turkey’s expression of solidarity and condemned the attack by terming it “unprovoked and totally unacceptable”. She also said that Nato’s action shows a complete disregard for international law and human life.
Davutoglu assured the Pakistani foreign minister that as a member of Nato, Turkey would ask for an impartial inquiry into the attacks. He added that loss of Pakistani soldiers was "as painful as losing Turkish soldiers".
An early Saturday morning attack by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) helicopters killed at least 24 security personnel and injured 12 soldiers on a Pakistani check post in Salala, which is located in the Tehsil Bayzai area of Mohmand Agency on the Pak-Afghan border.
The United States has been told by Pakistan's military leadership to evacuate a logistically key airbase it operates in Balochistan – Shamsie Airbase – within 15 days. In addition, Pakistan’s fury was driven home with an official statement that it will shut down Nato supply routes operating through its territory – something that has happened for the first time, though supply routes have previously been temporarily blocked unofficially following similar attacks.
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@Maulana capitalist: LOL !! Please don't make me laugh !!! Dare, i guess as to your "inside out" knowledge of our industry !!! But its fairly obvious, its very limited !! Lastly i am too old to be considering working on new CV, as i am already semi retired and just basically attend meetings and approve & authorise transactions on various holdings !! Thank you for your concern as to my well being !! But rest assure i am ok .
oh yeah same excuse of "but we did not profit from the bailout". Listen I know this industry inside out, the banks got direct bailouts and the hedgefunds got indirectly bailed out! The government needs to have much deeper scrutiny of these hedge funds because they are the main reason why the world economy has got to the point of no return. You should start working on your CV again!
@Maulana capitalist: You obviously lack basic knowledge as to what hedgefunds are and no we in UK did not have to get bailed out by Govt !! Only Banks did !! Get your facts right !
Turks are the True friends of Pakistan. Hats Off.
@hedgefunder......hahaha...you make me laugh. Why would turkey want to join soon to be bankrupt EU. That club is surely for losers only. Even the German bond auction went bad just lat week. What a JOKE.
@hedgefunder....you should be the last person talking about "protecting" tax payer funds after the US and UK governments bailed out all the banks and hedge funds by diverting money from poor people and the homeless. All that money ended in big bonuses that are used to buy big fancy apartments and wines. That is why there is the occupy wall street movement so that the 99% of the people can be protected.
@hedgefunder...I can c how much u r hurt by one Mumbai incident but u can't c how we r hurt by unlimited attacks on our people....One other thing plzz give us some solid proves about Mumbai...A video of Kasab(in which a Muslim on Jihad is pleading to Bhagwan) is not gonna help neither a Pakistani soap wrapper found from Taj hotel...Come out with some solid evidences Pakistan will always help u...
@Enlightened: I personally think, their issue with Greece and Germany are more of stumbling block, as even France has lately taken Israel to task regarding various issues and their reluctance to act regarding two state policy.
@hedgefunder:
They can say whatever to satisfy local political forces but their actions speak where they headed - rhetoric doesn't always show reality. Reality is Turkey has been taking strong stand against Israel lately. I am quite sure that doesnt earn them any 'brownie points' with the Euro zone or help their 'quest' to be part of EU...
@Enlightened: I suppose that why their head of state, while on official vist to UK couple of weeks back was still singing same tune !!! We want to join EU !! I suppose you know more than he does !!!
@hedgefunder: Euro is going down, Germany, the only functioning economy in EU zone, can not bail out the whole Europe. I am quite sure Turkey is not delusional and completely understand there is a zero chance of them joining EU - Otomons and Europe has quite a history...
Days of Mustafa Kamal are over!
@Faizi: Seen too many !!! I lost two young highly educated staff members who also had young families in Mumbai 2008 ! So don't preach to me please !!!! The victims are still awaiting a closure for that, three years down the line !!! No, we don't see drones flying in North London, and its only 14:10 hrs here so its not a time to sleep !!!!
@Basharit: Who has been involved in partnership for past decade at cost of billions of US Taxpayers dollars????
@hedgefunder:
.. Go To Sleep Brother Its So Early To Wake UP ..
Go to sleep other wise a drone strike will destroy your bad along with your peaceful life. You never see an old lady who lost her son, daughter, husband.. you never have the pain to lost a family member. I pray from All mighty Allah that you never get that pain because its really hurts pain, destroying the life of a mother, wife, daughter, father, husband, brother, friend and other respectable relations. .... !!! __ !!!....
@hedgefunder: Really uncle Sam had nothing to do with it? Go educate yourself how! What do you think Raymond Davis was doing in Pak. He was funding and supporting terrorist groups !
@Hu Jintao: So who were these suicide bombers that killed 35,000 people in Pakistan???? Care to enlighten us? It certainly were not Uncle Sam's Boot Boys !!!!
@Jahangir Siddiqui: How it is possible the government who did the crime, will bring the culprits into the court itself. amazing!!!!!!!!
Just as Pakistan has been dealing with the culprits of Mumbai 2008 atrocity !!!!
Wow. There are a lot of short sighted suicidal recommendations coming from comments. Literally suicidal. If you think this incident is extremely bad, you really, really don't want to be on the receiving end of an actual offensive operation. It doesn't take a genius to analyze it for it to be obvious. Even just predicting one or two reactionary steps ahead is sufficient. Anyways... That promise has little to no value beyond supporting their statement of sympathy. There have already been stated intentions for inquiry announced not long after this drama started.
How it is possible the government who did the crime, will bring the culprits into the court itself. amazing!!!!!!!!
The message is in the words here !! They will ask, not demand for inquiry !! That should tell all to the Pakistani Govt &Army !!!
Turkey is not a major player in NATO ! They will follow the instructions as given !! There is a very big carrot on the stick for them !!! Do you want to join EU???? Then Behave !!! Definately not a brownie point in Pak's basket !!
@Mad Jack: Little knowledge is worse than having no knowledge. Let me give tell you what your media doesn't want you to know
Since 9/11, There were 350+ major suicide bombings in Pakistan killing 35000 citizens before 9/11, there was only 1 suicide bombing in the 63 years of Pakistan's history
We lost 3000 troops fighting the militants in border regions and suffered extreme economic loss of 70+ billion dollars.
After America knew it has lost and failed the war in afghanistan, they tried to dump it on Pakistan. Your troops are desperate and your pentagon don't any answers.
I highly suggest you better leave this region and never ever come back again. secure your own country and stop occupying other people's land for sinister objectives like Iraq for oil
This is the time to find friends somewhere else not the back stabbers.
@Mad Jack: Why not the helicopter leaves first then there will be no terrorist.
Let me assure my Turk brothers that we Pakistanis hold high respect and love for you. We are a ghairat mand nation and we will always remember your kindness
We should revise our policy and make Turkey as an important country for Pakistan
Attack their military bases in Afghanistan and say it was in self-defence
Americans are hypocrite lying murderers.
Thank you Turkey for th every kind words. But we always thought Pakistan was a "major non-NATO ally".
we should bomb NATO and USA forces in return and say sorry it was a a honest mistake. they have indirectly or directly involved in killing 30,000 Pakistanis and Pak forces. So lets bomb there forces.