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NEW YORK:
In defense of the cross-border shelling by Pakistani forces, Foreign
Minister Hina Rabbani Khar questioned on Wednesday that if 200
people cross the Pak-Afghan border and behead 17 soldiers and
slaughter them, what do you expect Pakistan to do? Speaking to reporters after the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
(OIC) contact group meeting on Jammu and Kashmir at the UN General
Assembly, Khar said that she had raised the issue of cross-border
infiltration and shelling with her Afghan counterpart Zalmay Rassoul during their meeting on Tuesday. I raised the concern with him that if you give a statement on Pakistan
at another forum ideally we should not be doing that. She added
that Pakistan does not like doing any kind of shelling. This is as distasteful for us as this is for you, but this is in reaction to
something that happens,said the foreign minister. We need to go to
the root cause of this problem, said that they need to be solved and
work on border control. We will take responsibility from our side, they [Afghanistan] should
take responsibility from their side. Khar added that Pakistan should not be laden with everyones
responsibility. Responding to a question regarding Wednesdays trilateral meeting
between Pakistan, United Kingdom and Afghanistan, the foreign
minister said that both Pakistan and Afghanistan had strong, historical
ties with the UK. Khar added that the UK had a historical understanding
of the region and that the trilateral meeting was very useful. She said that Pakistan might sign a long term agreement with
Afghanistan so that its bilateral ties with the country are
institutionalised, adding that it was required and key. Khar said that the military, intelligence and political leadership had
strong ties with Afghanistan.
www.tribune.com.pk/story/443311/khar-defends-pakistans-stance-on-cross-border-shelling/
In defense of the cross-border shelling by Pakistani forces, Foreign
Minister Hina Rabbani Khar questioned on Wednesday that if 200
people cross the Pak-Afghan border and behead 17 soldiers and
slaughter them, what do you expect Pakistan to do? Speaking to reporters after the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
(OIC) contact group meeting on Jammu and Kashmir at the UN General
Assembly, Khar said that she had raised the issue of cross-border
infiltration and shelling with her Afghan counterpart Zalmay Rassoul during their meeting on Tuesday. I raised the concern with him that if you give a statement on Pakistan
at another forum ideally we should not be doing that. She added
that Pakistan does not like doing any kind of shelling. This is as distasteful for us as this is for you, but this is in reaction to
something that happens,said the foreign minister. We need to go to
the root cause of this problem, said that they need to be solved and
work on border control. We will take responsibility from our side, they [Afghanistan] should
take responsibility from their side. Khar added that Pakistan should not be laden with everyones
responsibility. Responding to a question regarding Wednesdays trilateral meeting
between Pakistan, United Kingdom and Afghanistan, the foreign
minister said that both Pakistan and Afghanistan had strong, historical
ties with the UK. Khar added that the UK had a historical understanding
of the region and that the trilateral meeting was very useful. She said that Pakistan might sign a long term agreement with
Afghanistan so that its bilateral ties with the country are
institutionalised, adding that it was required and key. Khar said that the military, intelligence and political leadership had
strong ties with Afghanistan.
www.tribune.com.pk/story/443311/khar-defends-pakistans-stance-on-cross-border-shelling/
