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| Afghanistan |
| Anti-Pakistan demo in Kabul |
| 2003-07-07 |
| About a hundred people have taken part in a demonstration in the Afghan capital, Kabul, in protest against reported Pakistani military incursions into Afghan territory. Protestors marched through the centre of the city shouting slogans against the Pakistani president, Pervez Musharraf. Any puppets? Can't have a demonstration without puppets. A team of high-ranking Afghan government officials has travelled to the border to investigate whether the alleged incursions took place. Good luck Over the past week Afghan and Pakistani troops have been exchanging small arms fire across the border. The Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, ordered the investigation after tribal elders from the province of Nangahar told him they were concerned that Pakistani forces operating on the border were also carrying out military operations inside Afghan territory. That's a big no no. Pakistani troops were sent to the area last month to try to stop suspected Taleban and al-Qaeda fugitives from carrying out cross-border attacks on Afghanistan. Not having much luck, are they? Pakistan denies that its troops have entered Afghan territory. "Wasn't us, it was somebody else." The long porous border between the two countries cuts across mountainous territory and is very poorly marked. "Or we got lost, yeh, that's it!" |
| Posted by:Steve |