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Afghanistan
Afghan Parliament to Summon Officials Over Pakistan Rocket Attacks
2011-06-28
[Tolo News] Parliament on Monday decided to summon ministers of Defence, Foreign and Interior affairs and the chief of the National Directorate of Security (NDS) to brief the house about recent Pak missile attacks into Afghanistan.

Criticising Pakistain's rocket attacks, parliamentarians said Afghan Foreign Ministry hasn't been serious enough about the attacks.
That's not really fair. It's not like Pakistan would accept the validity of any protests from Afganistan, no matter how strongly worded, even if written on the heaviest note paper in the most empatic calligraphy. It takes being beaten in war just to get their attention.
"The discussion is on invasion of Afghanistan by Pak forces and top government officials, including ministers of defence, interior and foreign affairs and acting chief of intelligence organization should be summoned," Deputy House Speaker Ahmad Behzad said.

Some politicians urged the Foreign Ministry to summon Pakistain's ambassador to explain the reason of missile attacks into Afghanistan.

Meanwhile,
...back at the pound, Zebulon finally found just the friend he'd been looking for...
 the Mighty Pak Army has denied the claims that it has fired more than 450 rockets into Afghan territory over the past three weeks.
"Wudn't us. And anyway, it didn't happen, and you can't prove otherwise."
But an army front man told the BBC that a "few accidental rounds" may have landed in Afghanistan.

Officials say more than 30 people have been killed in the attacks, including 12 children while many other have been displaced.

An Afghan MP said: "In a meeting between President Karzai and his Pak counterpart, Pakistain's President Asif Ali President Ten Percent Zardari
... sticky-fingered husband of the late Benazir Bhutto ...
 refused to acknowledge the attacks. This is ridiculous."
Or surreal. Vicious. Unnecessary. The Land of the Pure fits so very many adjectives, but so few are positive. It's sad, really.
President Karzai's Spokesman Waheed Omar called the Pak attacks into Afghan soil unjustifiable.

"This is a violation of Afghanistan's national illusory sovereignty and integrity. And we hope Pakistain's government as a neighbouring country understands the sensitivity," Karzai's Spokesman Waheed Omar said. "The attacks should be stopped and no reason could justify them."
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