Pakistan, Afghanistan, ISAF sign border coordination agreement

[r3alist]

Note that we are not made aware of the substance of the agreement -- therefore there is no way for us to evaluate it - Omission or Commission?

Secret agreements with the US are a dangerous development - US is friend or foe depending on her evaluation of her interests at any given time - Can Pakistan really afford to be tied to such a reckless and fickle power?

the above has been true almost from pakistans inception.....its an arrangement BOTH politicians and army do not want the awam to know of.

 

[BATMAN]

Yeah, it must be mere propaganda. After all, what other COAS gives warnings to his country's Supreme Court when it says to prosecute retired generals and heads an Army that has declares Martial Law any time it wants to?

It was a propaganda indeed, otherwise chief judge is very sensitive to insult.

 

[VCheng]

It was a propaganda indeed, otherwise chief judge is very sensitive to insult.

Tis a pity indeed that he is not less sensitive in ego and more fair in applying the law, as a judge is actually supposed to be.

 

[krash]

Tis a pity indeed that he is not less sensitive in ego and more fair in applying the law, as a judge is actually supposed to be.

Just one among the many which make up my world......and your world.

 

[VCheng]

Just one among the many which make up my world......and your world.

“When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and you're going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people?” - Frank Borman

Your world and mine is the same, for better or worse.

 

[krash]

“When you're finally up on the moon, looking back at the earth, all these differences and nationalistic traits are pretty well going to blend and you're going to get a concept that maybe this is really one world and why the hell can't we learn to live together like decent people?” - Frank Borman

Your world and mine is the same, for better or worse.

Apparently, not until Mr. Borman answers his own question.

 

[VCheng]

Apparently, not until Mr. Borman answers his own question.

Bhaijan, he asked a rhetorical question:

A rhetorical question is a figure of speech in the form of a question that is asked in order to make a point and without the expectation of a reply.

 

[krash]

Just one among the many which make up my world......and your world.

Simplified:

You, me, same.

Bhaijan, he asked a rhetorical question:

Apparently, not until Mr. Borman answers his own question.

Ha!

Simplified:

No, yours and mine are worlds apart. They are the same but then they are not. They are not because people choose to see them apart, because you pretend to see them apart. People choose to see them apart because of the fickle nature that Mr. Borman points to. You, pretend (I hope you get this one at least). They will be one not when you say it but when you act it (Point in case: your posts). They will be one when 'we' grow a little and let go of the juvenile pretenses that 'we' like keeping in order to feel good about ourselves (pssssst......by 'we' I mean you) i.e. "when Mr. Borman finds the answer" [metaphorized].


^^^ Now bhaijan what fun was that?

 

[Slav Defence]

ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan, Afghanistan and the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) signed an agreement on Tuesday to “improve near border coordination”.

According to a Pakistani military statement, the agreement was signed at the 36th meeting of the tripartite coordination held at the Afghan defence ministry in Kabul. Attendees at the meeting included Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Acting Isaf Commander Lt-Gen Nicholas Carter and Afghan Chief of General Staff Gen Sher Muhammad Karimi.

The participants reviewed ongoing military operations in Afghanistan and in the tribal areas of Pakistan, said the statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

The participants also discussed the transition of security from Isaf to the Afghan National Security Forces after the withdrawal of Nato troops in 2014, and measures to gradually enhance the Pak-Afghan bilateral border coordination arrangements till and beyond 2014.

“The three sides agreed to continue cooperation for enduring success, peace and stability on both sides of the border,” according to the statement.

Although details of the new mechanism were not made public, a senior military official told The Express Tribune that Pakistan and Afghanistan would share with each other information about their military activities against militants in the border areas.

Under the border coordination agreement, both sides will inform each other if any of them conduct military operations or any other activity within a radius of four kilometres in their respective border areas, the official added.

The mechanism is believed to have been evolved to avoid any border tensions, including a repeat of the Salala incident, when US warplanes hit a Pakistani military check post, killing at least two dozen soldiers in November last year.

Kayani-Karzai meeting

About Gen Kayani’s meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the ISPR said they discussed “matters of mutual interest.” He also threw his support behind the Afghan peace process, the Afghan presidential palace said in a statement.

“Gen Kayani also underscored the need to further step up the peace process in Afghanistan,” said the Pashto-language statement – a copy of which was sent to The Express Tribune.

President Karzai also “welcomed and praised” Pakistan’s decision to release Taliban leaders.

“Gen Kayani described peace and stability in Afghanistan in the interest of Pakistan and insisted that Pakistan supported every effort for peace and security,” the statement added.

Afghan Defence Minister Bismillah Mohammadi accepted an invitation from Gen Kayani to visit Pakistan in the near future.

Taliban dismiss Afghan passports reports

Meanwhile, the Afghan Taliban on Tuesday dismissed as “unfounded and rumours”, media reports that the Afghan government had issued passports to their comrades who were released by Islamabad last week.

“All media reports about issuing passports to the freed Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate [a reference to the Taliban] by the Karzai administration are just rumours and are baseless,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.

“Freed prisoners have neither got passports, nor [have] they tried to get passports,” he said in a statement emailed to The local newspaper company

 

[UmarJustice]

Border coordination: Pakistan, Afghanistan, ISAF sign agreement

ISLAMABAD:
Pakistan, Afghanistan and the International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) signed an agreement on Tuesday to “improve near border coordination”.
According to a Pakistani military statement, the agreement was signed at the 36th meeting of the tripartite coordination held at the Afghan defence ministry in Kabul. Attendees at the meeting included Chief of Army Staff Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Acting Isaf Commander Lt-Gen Nicholas Carter and Afghan Chief of General Staff Gen Sher Muhammad Karimi.
The participants reviewed ongoing military operations in Afghanistan and in the tribal areas of Pakistan, said the statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The participants also discussed the transition of security from Isaf to the Afghan National Security Forces after the withdrawal of Nato troops in 2014, and measures to gradually enhance the Pak-Afghan bilateral border coordination arrangements till and beyond 2014.
“The three sides agreed to continue cooperation for enduring success, peace and stability on both sides of the border,” according to the statement.
Although details of the new mechanism were not made public, a senior military official told The Express Tribune that Pakistan and Afghanistan would share with each other information about their military activities against militants in the border areas.
Under the border coordination agreement, both sides will inform each other if any of them conduct military operations or any other activity within a radius of four kilometres in their respective border areas, the official added.
The mechanism is believed to have been evolved to avoid any border tensions, including a repeat of the Salala incident, when US warplanes hit a Pakistani military check post, killing at least two dozen soldiers in November last year.
Kayani-Karzai meeting
About Gen Kayani’s meeting with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, the ISPR said they discussed “matters of mutual interest.” He also threw his support behind the Afghan peace process, the Afghan presidential palace said in a statement.
“Gen Kayani also underscored the need to further step up the peace process in Afghanistan,” said the Pashto-language statement – a copy of which was sent to The Express Tribune.
President Karzai also “welcomed and praised” Pakistan’s decision to release Taliban leaders.
“Gen Kayani described peace and stability in Afghanistan in the interest of Pakistan and insisted that Pakistan supported every effort for peace and security,” the statement added.
Afghan Defence Minister Bismillah Mohammadi accepted an invitation from Gen Kayani to visit Pakistan in the near future.
Taliban dismiss Afghan passports reports
Meanwhile, the Afghan Taliban on Tuesday dismissed as “unfounded and rumours”, media reports that the Afghan government had issued passports to their comrades who were released by Islamabad last week.
“All media reports about issuing passports to the freed Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate [a reference to the Taliban] by the Karzai administration are just rumours and are baseless,” Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said.
“Freed prisoners have neither got passports, nor [have] they tried to get passports,” he said in a statement emailed to The Express Tribune.

Border coordination: Pakistan, Afghanistan, ISAF sign agreement – The Express Tribune

 

[VCheng]

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^^^ Now bhaijan what fun was that?

Aw, I am touched, but rhetorical questions don't really need answer, certainly not one as long as that!

One world indeed.

 

[muse]

the above has been true almost from pakistans inception.....its an arrangement BOTH politicians and army do not want the awam to know of.

It seems that it is the same in the US -- It's a tripartite affair, perhaps details have been provided to the US public? (tongue in Cheek)

My own take is that Pakistan play with fire, that the US is not just reckless but harbors the deepest of hostility towards Pakistan, seems is a reality Pakistani policy makers cannot seem to bring themselves to acknowledge.