Pakistan violating sovereignty of other nations: Afghanistan to UN

[Ryuzaki]

Afghanistan has accused "elements within the state structure of Pakistan" of facilitating most of the terrorist groups active in the region and said the country needs political will and not 'nuclear deals or F-16s' to take action against terrorists.

In his statement to the powerful UN Security Council on the debate on UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) here yesterday, Afghanistan's Permanent Representative to the UN Mahmoud Saikal said Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was "tracked" and killed in Pakistan's Balochistan in an American drone strike.

The incident "exposed" that Mansour had a Pakistani passport in a fake name that he had used to fly numerous times from Pakistani airports.

"Despite this, the charade of plausible deniability, duplicity, and blame of Afghan weaknesses continues, which must come to an end if we are to succeed in counter-terrorism," he said.

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[That Guy]

Irony.

 

[Muhammad Omar]

 

[somebozo]

A country which does not accord recognition to international border of Durand line and went to complete destruction in its quest for conquering the Durand line does not make sense talking about respect of sovereignty

 

[Sipahi]

Ulta kutta kotwal pr bhonke ho gya ye tou

 

[rashid.sarwar]

Again thanks to our non existent foreign policy and muted foreign minister and prime minister Go Nawaz Go

 

[litman]

afghans have learned cheap indian tactics.

 

[Dawood Ibrahim]

Your (Afghan ) voice value is 0.00 in UN

 

[M.SAAD]

Middle finger for Afghans ..

 

[Strigon]

Pakistan..I mean Afghan useless refugees would violate a little more than sovereignty if and when Pakistan sends them back. Afghan might actually head back to Jurassic age and skip cavemen times altogether.

Stupid fcks

 

[Taimoor Khan]

And this is the Pakistani response. I am all for making honorable Ambassador full time forigen minister of Pakistan. She knows how to talk and put people in their place. She even trashed America as well, the first time I heard a Pakistani official calling spade a spade.

http://www.dawn.com/news/1266501/us-drone-strike-disrupted-afghan-peace-process-pakistan-tells-un

US drone strike disrupted Afghan peace process, Pakistan tells UN

UNITED NATIONS: Pakistan told the UN Security Council Tuesday that a United States drone attack that killed Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Balochistan had dealt a blow to the Afghan peace process, further complicating the regional situation.

“The US drone strike on our territory was a violation of Pakistan's sovereignty and territorial integrity and a blatant breach of the principles of the UN Charter and international law,” Ambassador Maleeha Lodhi said, while speaking in a debate about the situation in Afghanistan.

“This unacceptable action,” the Pakistani envoy said, had “added to the intensity and complexity of the Afghan conflict.”

The drone strike had raised serious questions about whether the international community was ready to invest in war instead of peace in Afghanistan, she said.

The use of force over the last 15 years had not led to peace, she said, advising against the continuation of such a strategy.

At the outset, Lodhi took exception to remarks made by Afghanistan's UN Ambassador Mahmoud Saikal accusing Pakistan of interference in his country's internal affairs and allowing anti-Afghan terrorist groups to operate from safe havens inside the Pakistani territory.

“Let me at the outset reject the unjustified, untrue and gratuitous comments made by the Afghan representative, casting uncalled for aspersions on my country and our state institutions,” the Pakistani envoy said.

“The international community is well aware of and acknowledges Pakistan's contribution and sacrifices in countering terrorism,” she said, while reaffirming Pakistan's support to a genuine Afghan peace process.

“This is a somber moment for the people of Afghanistan, for the region, and for the international community, which has invested so much blood and treasure to restore peace and stability in Afghanistan.”

Ambassador Lodhi went on to ask the Government of Afghanistan not to externalise its internal problems and "blame others for its own failures".

Other than Afghanistan, Pakistan had suffered more than any other country from the consequences of terrorism, she said, describing her country's counter-terrorism operations.

“Effective border management is the sovereign right of my country,” she said, stressing that there was nothing illegal about any construction on Pakistan's side of the border, while rebutting the Afghan ambassador's claim.

“Pakistan will take measures on its side of the border accordingly,” Lodhi said.

Read: Army major killed in Afghan cross-border firing

“It is disingenuous to characterise steps aimed at regulating the border as illegal. There is nothing, repeat nothing illegal, about any construction on our side of the border,” she said emphatically.

Ambassador Lodhi said the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) — Afghanistan, China, Pakistan and the United States — remained a viable mechanism to promote a genuine peace process if pursued with patience and perseverance.

“Success will be assured only when the Afghan parties themselves come to the conclusion that there is no military solution to the Afghan war and peace can be achieved only through an unconditional dialogue, which will require difficult compromises by both sides,” she said.

Lodhi pointed to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's report which said there was no significant improvement in the political, security and economic situation in Afghanistan.

Earlier, in a briefing to the Security Council, Nicholas Haysom, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative for Afghanistan, voiced concern over the security situation in Afghanistan.

“The battlefield in many areas is in a state of flux, with gains and reversals but with neither side effecting clear dominance,” said Haysom, who is also head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan.

“The security forces continue to face serious challenges, including in addressing questions of morale, leadership, attrition and logistics. For now, though, they are holding their ground,” he added.

Haysom said he remains deeply concerned about the impact that the high level of violence is having on the civilian population.

“There has been no let-up during Ramazan, during which period there have been some reports of disturbing brutality, including attacks on worshippers,” he said.

 

[ghazi52]

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