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| Afghanistan |
| Afghan and Pakistani forces clash again |
| 2003-07-27 |
| KABUL: Afghan forces have clashed with Pakistani troops along the border in eastern Afghanistan. âPakistani forces attacked our forces two days ago and wanted to capture one of our posts on a high strategic point but our forces pushed them back,â said General Mustafa Khan, a border commander in eastern Nangarhar province. âThe fighting was going on for one hour but now the situation is quietâ, the general told AFP by telephone. âAbout a week ago we also had 12 hours of clashes with Pakistani forces. We didnât have any casualties on our side but we have no information on the Pakistani side,â Khan said. Tensions on the border between the two countries have been running high since Pakistani troops were deployed to the frontier region of Mohmand in Pakistanâs tribal belt for the first time in the countryâs history. The deployment was meant to block the infiltration of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda activists from Afghanistan. But it triggered protests from Afghan tribesmen who claimed that Pakistani troops had set up check-posts deep inside Afghan territory. A mob later attacked the Pakistani mission in Kabul. Afghan Interior Minister Ali Ahmad Jalali Tuesday visited Pakistan to discuss the issue with Pakistani authorities. A tripartite commission of Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States set up a sub-committee to conduct a ground check of Pakistani militia posts along the border. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
| #4 Paradise Island? |
| Posted by: PD 2003-7-27 1:38:07 PM |
| #3 "Ok, so that's your rock? Here it is, moron! [throws rock] "Hey, uhhhhh!" [hit in head with rock] [Staggers, blood streaming down from head wound, touches blood with hands] "By Mo's Beard you made me look like a Shiite on parade. You'll pay for this!" And they went at it, throwing rocks until the sun set, with a few breaks for call to prayer. And Allah looked down at the scene, and thought that these guys have definitely been in the sun too long, and said to himself, "I need a vacation, but where will I go?" |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2003-7-27 1:30:18 PM |
| #2 "you fool!. Look! your bullets broke the rock!" "Hokay, let's move the checkpoint over to that rock" "You can't...that's our rock...." |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-7-27 10:52:30 AM |
| #1 "That's my rock!" "No, it isn't! It's mine!" "Oh yeah? We shall smite you for 12 hours!" "So what? There will be no casualties!" And so it went. To and fro. To and fro. There was much gnashing of teeth, wearing of sack cloth and ashes, and hopes that soon, one side would be victorious and ululate. Then peace would come, and with it, the spring. |
| Posted by: PD 2003-7-27 4:41:16 AM |