Foreign Office 'looking into' reports of action by Pakistan in Afghanistan

[HAIDER]

Foreign Office 'looking into' reports of action by Pakistan in Afghanistan​

Tahir Khan | AgenciesPublished April 16, 2022 - Updated 21 minutes ago




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The Foreign Office on Saturday said it was "looking into" reports of alleged action by Pakistani forces in the eastern Afghan provinces of Kunar and Khost.
The FO's response was to claims made by an Afghan government official and a resident in Kunar province that Pakistani forces fired rockets early today, leaving six people dead.
“Five children and a woman were killed and a man wounded,” provincial director of information Najibullah Hassan Abdaal alleged.
Ehsanullah, a resident of Shelton district where the alleged attack reportedly took place, said it was carried out by Pakistani military aircraft. Ehsanullah goes by one name as many Afghans do.
Another Afghan government official alleged that a pre-dawn bombardment was carried out in Afghanistan's Khost province near the border with Pakistan.
The official, on condition of anonymity, alleged that "Pakistani helicopters bombarded four villages" in Khost, adding that "there were casualties".
An Afghan tribal elder from Khost, Gul Markhan, also spoke to the AFP regarding the incident in Khost.
Pakistan's ambassador in Kabul, Mansoor Ahmad Khan, has so far not responded to queries about allegations from the Afghan side and the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) has not yet issued a statement in this regard.
Also today, an Afghan Foreign Ministry statement said Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi and Deputy Defence Minister Mullah Shirin Akhund met with the Pakistani ambassador and “condemned the recent attacks on Khost and Kunar provinces, stressing prevention of such acts".
“Minister Muttaqi said all military violations, including that in Khost and Kunar must be prevented as such acts deteriorate relations between the two countries, allowing antagonists to misuse the situation leading to undesired consequences,” the statement said.
It added the Pakistani envoy was given a strong demarche.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid also condemned the alleged attacks.
"IEA (Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) calls on the Pakistani side not to test the patience of Afghans on such issues."

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He added: "Problems between the two countries must be resolved through political means."
MNA Mohsin Dawar also raised the issue in today's National Assembly session, terming the reported incident as a "highly tragic one".
He claimed that the alleged victims were internally displaced persons from North Waziristan who had crossed into Afghanistan before the start of Zarb-i-Azab.
"Yesterday night, Pakistan Army and air force's planes carried out bombardments across the Afghan border and over 40 people were martyred in that," the MNA said.
On Friday, the Pakistan army said terrorists ambushed a military convoy near the Pak-Afghan border in the general area of Isham, North Waziristan District, martyring seven Pakistani security men.
“Own troops initiated a prompt response, effectively engaged and killed four terrorists. However, during an intense exchange of fire, seven soldiers embraced Shahadat,” the ISPR had said.
Pakistan has long been saying that the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan has been using Afghan soil for attacks on Pakistani border posts.

 

[TheSolution]

ISPR should've controlled the narrative from the very beginning by giving a statement.

By keeping quiet you allow other voices to be heard, who likely have harmful intentions in mind.

To think that PAF would be wasting resources and money to attack refugees or civilians is far fetched. We are already restricted on resources and that would be of no benefit to us.

 

[Maea]

ISPR should've controlled the narrative from the very beginning by giving a statement.

By keeping quiet you allow other voices to be heard, who likely have harmful intentions in mind.

To think that PAF would be wasting resources and money to attack refugees or civilians is far fetched. We are already restricted on resources and that would be of no benefit to us.

Million dollar question. Does the current military leadership( mostly Army) know how to do thier job?
If yes, we wouldnt have 100+ casualities since the begining of this year.

 

[TheSolution]

Million dollar question. Does the current military leadership( mostly Army) know how to do thier job?
If yes, we wouldnt have 100+ casualities since the begining of this year.

PAF certainly does, otherwise you wouldn't be celebrating 2019 so proudly...

The army's focus seems to be somewhere else at the moment rather than where it actually should be

 

[S.Y.A]

PAF certainly does, otherwise you wouldn't be celebrating 2019 so proudly...

The army's focus seems to be somewhere else at the moment rather than where it actually is

exactly.

the issue is that ispr is controlled by the army.

 

[Tariq Habib Afridi]

The question is that either we do these or american drones (Allah na karay)?

 

[Maea]

Exactly, look at the state of PAF and ARMY. PAF leadership know how to do its job, and can strike and put Allah's fear into the enemy hearts in broad daylight without any fear.
Now look at the sad state of the affairs at PA every tom dick and pajeet can come kill and go WITHOUT any fear. Try doing that with PAF or even PN, they will fu ck you so hard you wouldnt be able to ask for help.

Peole like Mohsi Dawar always existed in every country, its the job of all state institution( courts, election commision etc. etc.) to stop them from reaching power corridors. Armed Forces and intelligence apparatus( ISI is under MoD and uder Army) of any nation cant stay neutral in today's world of 5th gen warfare.
I could write an entire book on this subject, but long story short, current Army leadership is incompetent, even in thier own field, period.

 

[Asimzranger]

We had a great Ispr General Asif Ghafoor but bajwa transfer him and now ispr is passive

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Send Bilawal to Afghanistan
Eak Teer do Shikaar

 

[MultaniGuy]

Well we have every right to claim Afghanistan.

We are the biggest stakeholders in the country.

 

[Hussain93]

An average human can see through these generals playbook. They did not dare to even go near that border when their American Abu was present and bombs were going daily off in mosques and markets , so its not coincidence that after their BS of colluding with White master is visible to all,they are doing this drama against An pro islam gov .. one of the reason why i say that ,cleanshave ppl ruling is Just against the wishes of islamic ppl . Most Cleanshaves are dirty and currupt beyond any other Creation of God and should be treated on mullahs stick .

 

[HAIDER]

Send Bilawal to Afghanistan
Eak Teer do Shikaar

What if he refused to come back?

 

[Crimson Blue]

An innocent theoretical question. Did current Prime Minister, Shahbaz Shairf asked PAF to conductd these airstrikes.

If Shahbaz Sharif did not asked PAF to conduct these strikes, then who did? Can PAF chief take orders from someone other than Prime Minister?

 

[Adnan12333]

What if he refused to come back?

He will be remembered as a great hero. He will be named Billo Moori

 

[Madni Bappa]

The army's focus seems to be somewhere else at the moment rather than where it actually should be

Army muft mein drama queen badmaash bani hui hai Pakistan mein. Truly proud of Navy and AF for being true professional forces.