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| Afghan and Pakistani Tribes Clash in Border Region |
| 2004-03-15 |
| Armed clashes have broken out between Afghan and Pakistani tribes across the disputed border between those two countries, Peshawar-based Afghan Islamic Press reported on 14 March. The fighting reportedly pits the Tani tribe, on the Afghan side of the so-called Durand Line, with the Madakhayl, Wazir, Zeli Shakh, and Badarkhayl tribes residing in the northern Waziristan region of Pakistan. Both sides have laid claim to the Sutarki region. The current border between Afghanistan and Pakistan -- known as the "Durand Line" after Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the British signatory of the 1893 agreement that demarcated the border between Afghanistan and British India -- has never been officially recognized by Afghanistan, and has been at the core of disagreements between Afghanistan and Pakistan since the creation of Pakistan in 1947 |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |
| #5 Does this go on all the time and just not get reported? Or could this be an effort by one side or the other to create confusion to cover for some other activity? It is in the area where the hammer and anvil are supposed to meet. |
| Posted by: GK 2004-3-15 9:09:36 PM |
| #4 I've got some Crackerjacks... |
| Posted by: Fred 2004-3-15 8:05:16 PM |
| #3 Mr. Davis I believe you are thinking not of the throwing out of the first pitch, but of the ceremonial throwing out of the first boom. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-3-15 7:46:56 PM |
| #2 Sounds like spring training has started. When do they throw out the first pitch for the regular season? |
| Posted by: Mr. Davis 2004-3-15 7:33:56 PM |
| #1 There seems to be a lot of Muslem blue-on-blue action today. I should've made popcorn. |
| Posted by: Scott 2004-3-15 7:22:20 PM |