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if we ignore warning what they will do send their air force to bomb us?
Afghans accuse Pakistan over fresh border shelling
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They dont need to send their air force to bomb you...afghan taliban is already doing it!!! And you just cannot write off Afghanistan just like that...they are very important to maintain peace in the region and world especially for Pakistan.
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then why should we care their warning as they already doing their best to bomb us lolz? what more they can ?
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You should bro...the point here is innocents are dying. So atleast in the best interests of the people on both sides, this effing **** must end and talks are the only way for that!
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its another think when the taliban are warning us, but afgans? come one
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DO they even have an Air Force? :shocked:
Prove that they are on foreign payroll.
Someone should advise the Kabul's minister of defense not to talk too much, he might get assassinated by Afghan terrorists like Rabbani & Karzai's brother did.
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Ministry of defense Afghanistan need to consider seriously this issue resulted into border shelling. Their silence over massive Afghan militants (in ANA uniform) attacks on border decrease importance of GOA concern over shelling. Core issue has to be solved and then they will get stand against any military border violence.
Moreover peaceful citizens casualties are ever condemnable and should be avoided. Focus of both armies should be on militants elimination.
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Moreover peaceful citizens casualties are ever condemnable and should be avoided. Focus of both armies should be on militants elimination.
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) Afghan defense officials warned Pakistan on Sunday to stop firing rockets and heavy artillery into the northeast of the country or the military will respond with force. Pakistan denied it was responsible.
Separately, a U.S. official confirmed an attack on a facility used by American officials in Kabul.
"The situation is fluid, and the investigation is ongoing," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.
Afghan authorities said gunfire was heard in the evening near a building that has been used by the CIA in Kabul. It was unclear whether anyone was killed or hurt. The authorities said that shots were heard around the former Ariana Hotel just blocks from the Afghan presidential palace. The CIA occupied the heavily secured building in late 2001 after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled the Taliban.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to disclose any information.
Officials at the U.S.-led coalition headquarters nearby said they heard the gunfire, but did not have details about the incident.
In its strongest condemnation to date, the Afghan Defense Ministry accused the Pakistani army of firing more than 300 artillery rounds and rockets into Kunar and Nuristan provinces during the past five days.
The area is a haven for hardcore insurgent groups fighting in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. U.S.-led coalition forces have a light footprint in the area and the cross-border fighting highlights NATO's struggles to pacify the remote region. It also underscores the lack of cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan against their common foes.
The ministry said an unknown number of Afghan civilians have been killed by the shelling coming from Pakistani territory. Several houses and mosques have been destroyed and hundreds of people have been displaced from their homes, the ministry said.
"Once again, the Pakistani army started firing heavy artillery and rockets over innocent Afghan people from the other side of the Durand Line," the statement said, referring to the disputed 19th century demarcation between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Pakistan army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said he had asked security officials in the area of the reported shelling about the allegations and was waiting for a reply. He said those officials were surprised by the accusations since no activity had been reported in the area.
"I assume this is not correct news," said Abbas, in reference to the Afghan reports.
Pakistan complained earlier this summer that militants coming from Afghanistan killed at least 55 members of its security forces and tribal police and demanded that U.S. and Afghan forces do more to stem the flow of fighters.
Afghan defense officials said that according to their forces on the ground, more than 100 rockets or mortars rained down on the two provinces Saturday night.
"It's a clear attack on civilian residential areas," the ministry statement said.
"The Afghan Defense Ministry is strongly condemning the attack and is giving strong warnings that such violations (of sovereignty) will have their effect on the brotherly, friendly relations of two neighboring countries," the statement said. "There is no reason for continuing such attacks. The Pakistan government should know that Afghan National Army, with the support of the Afghan people, is ready to respond if such attacks continues."
Pakistan is also under heavy criticism from the United States.
The top U.S. military officer, Adm. Mike Mullen, last week accused Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency of supporting insurgents in planning and executing a 22-hour assault on the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan on Sept. 13 as well as a truck bomb days earlier that wounded 77 American troops.
The insurgents, from the Haqqani network, are affiliated with the Taliban and al-Qaida. The group primarily operates in eastern Afghanistan and is often blamed for attacks in Kabul.
Senior Pakistani officials have lashed out against the allegations of support for the Haqqani network, accusing the U.S. of trying to make Pakistan a scapegoat for its troubled war in Afghanistan. The public confrontation has plunged the already troubled U.S.-Pakistan alliance to new lows.
Pakistan's leaders have shown no indication that they plan to act on renewed American demands to attack the Haqqani network in its main base in Pakistan, even at the risk of further conflict with Washington. The U.S. has given Pakistan billions of dollars in military and economic aid, but the relationship has been riven by mistrust.
Also in the east of Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said two NATO service members were killed Sunday in separate roadside bombings, and a suicide bomber on a motorbike detonated explosives at a local police headquarters building, killing four people in Paktika province.
In the south, Afghan police shot and killed two men wearing explosives vests, foiling a planned suicide attack on a government building in Zabul province.
The deaths of two NATO service members raised to 442 the number of international troops killed in Afghanistan so far this year. The coalition did not disclose further details about their deaths.
In the capital, Kabul, President Hamid Karzai met with his national security team and appointed a panel of high-ranking officials, led by Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak, to investigate the assassination of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who headed the nation's peace council.
Karzai said Rabbani's death was a "big loss" and that greater security measures should be taken to protect top Afghan figures, including religious clerics and tribal leaders. Intelligence officials at the meeting said one person had been arrested in connection with the assassination and that authorities were close to ascertaining the details of the killing.
Afghanistan warns Pakistan against border fighting
Separately, a U.S. official confirmed an attack on a facility used by American officials in Kabul.
"The situation is fluid, and the investigation is ongoing," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation.
Afghan authorities said gunfire was heard in the evening near a building that has been used by the CIA in Kabul. It was unclear whether anyone was killed or hurt. The authorities said that shots were heard around the former Ariana Hotel just blocks from the Afghan presidential palace. The CIA occupied the heavily secured building in late 2001 after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled the Taliban.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren't authorized to disclose any information.
Officials at the U.S.-led coalition headquarters nearby said they heard the gunfire, but did not have details about the incident.
In its strongest condemnation to date, the Afghan Defense Ministry accused the Pakistani army of firing more than 300 artillery rounds and rockets into Kunar and Nuristan provinces during the past five days.
The area is a haven for hardcore insurgent groups fighting in both Pakistan and Afghanistan. U.S.-led coalition forces have a light footprint in the area and the cross-border fighting highlights NATO's struggles to pacify the remote region. It also underscores the lack of cooperation between Afghanistan and Pakistan against their common foes.
The ministry said an unknown number of Afghan civilians have been killed by the shelling coming from Pakistani territory. Several houses and mosques have been destroyed and hundreds of people have been displaced from their homes, the ministry said.
"Once again, the Pakistani army started firing heavy artillery and rockets over innocent Afghan people from the other side of the Durand Line," the statement said, referring to the disputed 19th century demarcation between Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Pakistan army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said he had asked security officials in the area of the reported shelling about the allegations and was waiting for a reply. He said those officials were surprised by the accusations since no activity had been reported in the area.
"I assume this is not correct news," said Abbas, in reference to the Afghan reports.
Pakistan complained earlier this summer that militants coming from Afghanistan killed at least 55 members of its security forces and tribal police and demanded that U.S. and Afghan forces do more to stem the flow of fighters.
Afghan defense officials said that according to their forces on the ground, more than 100 rockets or mortars rained down on the two provinces Saturday night.
"It's a clear attack on civilian residential areas," the ministry statement said.
"The Afghan Defense Ministry is strongly condemning the attack and is giving strong warnings that such violations (of sovereignty) will have their effect on the brotherly, friendly relations of two neighboring countries," the statement said. "There is no reason for continuing such attacks. The Pakistan government should know that Afghan National Army, with the support of the Afghan people, is ready to respond if such attacks continues."
Pakistan is also under heavy criticism from the United States.
The top U.S. military officer, Adm. Mike Mullen, last week accused Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency of supporting insurgents in planning and executing a 22-hour assault on the U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan on Sept. 13 as well as a truck bomb days earlier that wounded 77 American troops.
The insurgents, from the Haqqani network, are affiliated with the Taliban and al-Qaida. The group primarily operates in eastern Afghanistan and is often blamed for attacks in Kabul.
Senior Pakistani officials have lashed out against the allegations of support for the Haqqani network, accusing the U.S. of trying to make Pakistan a scapegoat for its troubled war in Afghanistan. The public confrontation has plunged the already troubled U.S.-Pakistan alliance to new lows.
Pakistan's leaders have shown no indication that they plan to act on renewed American demands to attack the Haqqani network in its main base in Pakistan, even at the risk of further conflict with Washington. The U.S. has given Pakistan billions of dollars in military and economic aid, but the relationship has been riven by mistrust.
Also in the east of Afghanistan, the U.S.-led coalition said two NATO service members were killed Sunday in separate roadside bombings, and a suicide bomber on a motorbike detonated explosives at a local police headquarters building, killing four people in Paktika province.
In the south, Afghan police shot and killed two men wearing explosives vests, foiling a planned suicide attack on a government building in Zabul province.
The deaths of two NATO service members raised to 442 the number of international troops killed in Afghanistan so far this year. The coalition did not disclose further details about their deaths.
In the capital, Kabul, President Hamid Karzai met with his national security team and appointed a panel of high-ranking officials, led by Defense Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak, to investigate the assassination of former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, who headed the nation's peace council.
Karzai said Rabbani's death was a "big loss" and that greater security measures should be taken to protect top Afghan figures, including religious clerics and tribal leaders. Intelligence officials at the meeting said one person had been arrested in connection with the assassination and that authorities were close to ascertaining the details of the killing.
Afghanistan warns Pakistan against border fighting
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Pakistan army shelling Afghan border areas
Pakistan's military has fired hundreds of mortars and rockets into border provinces in neighbouring Afghanistan, killing at least one civilian, destroying homes and forcing scores of villagers to flee, Afghan officials said on Sunday.
About 500 rockets and shells have been fired since Wednesday into eastern Kunar from a base in Pakistan territory, destroying six homes, two mosques and displacing more than 100 people in the province's Dangam district, provincial governor Fazlullah Wahidi said.
"I strongly condemn this senseless act by the Pakistan army and it must immediately be stopped," Wahidi told Reuters.
He said at least 30 shells had landed in neighbouring Nuristan province.
A Pakistan military official said clashes took place between troops and Afghan militants throughout Saturday, but denied that hundreds of rockets and mortars had been used.
The incident follows more than a month of shelling by Pakistan's military in June and July that Afghanistan said had killed at least 42 civilians.
It led to protests in several Afghan provinces in July demanding a military response, but President Hamid Karzai overruled his defence and interior ministers who had sought permission to return fire.
Afghanistan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi called for an immediate halt to the shelling on Sunday.
The Pakistan military official, who requested anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to media, said gunmen had attacked a military checkpoint, killing one soldier and wounding three others, adding that 15 militants were killed.
"A shell or two may have landed on the other side but that was an unpopulated area, right on the border," he told Reuters.
"Pakistani security forces only engaged the militants that had crossed the border and attacked them."
Dangam is a mountainous area bordering Pakistan's lawless tribal areas.
Pakistan has repeatedly blamed Afghanistan for giving safe haven to militants on its side of the border, particularly in Kunar province, leaving it vulnerable to counter-attack when it chases them out of its own ethnic Pashtun tribal areas.
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE78O1G720110925?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
Pakistan's military has fired hundreds of mortars and rockets into border provinces in neighbouring Afghanistan, killing at least one civilian, destroying homes and forcing scores of villagers to flee, Afghan officials said on Sunday.
About 500 rockets and shells have been fired since Wednesday into eastern Kunar from a base in Pakistan territory, destroying six homes, two mosques and displacing more than 100 people in the province's Dangam district, provincial governor Fazlullah Wahidi said.
"I strongly condemn this senseless act by the Pakistan army and it must immediately be stopped," Wahidi told Reuters.
He said at least 30 shells had landed in neighbouring Nuristan province.
A Pakistan military official said clashes took place between troops and Afghan militants throughout Saturday, but denied that hundreds of rockets and mortars had been used.
The incident follows more than a month of shelling by Pakistan's military in June and July that Afghanistan said had killed at least 42 civilians.
It led to protests in several Afghan provinces in July demanding a military response, but President Hamid Karzai overruled his defence and interior ministers who had sought permission to return fire.
Afghanistan Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqqi called for an immediate halt to the shelling on Sunday.
The Pakistan military official, who requested anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to media, said gunmen had attacked a military checkpoint, killing one soldier and wounding three others, adding that 15 militants were killed.
"A shell or two may have landed on the other side but that was an unpopulated area, right on the border," he told Reuters.
"Pakistani security forces only engaged the militants that had crossed the border and attacked them."
Dangam is a mountainous area bordering Pakistan's lawless tribal areas.
Pakistan has repeatedly blamed Afghanistan for giving safe haven to militants on its side of the border, particularly in Kunar province, leaving it vulnerable to counter-attack when it chases them out of its own ethnic Pashtun tribal areas.
http://af.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idAFTRE78O1G720110925?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
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good job use A-100 and GAZAB MLRS
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