MoD: Cross-Border Shelling By Pakistan An Act of Aggression
By Sharif Amiry
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has warned that Pakistan’s missile attacks on the eastern regions of the country would have serious consequences, suggesting that a diplomatic solution of the issues between the two neighbors needed to be found.
“We cannot call it anything other, but an act of aggression,” said MoD spokesman Dawlat Waziri.
There are efforts to find a diplomatic resolution of the issue, but if diplomacy does not work, Afghanistan maintains the right to retaliate, a defense ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said on Sunday.
This new Mod statement comes two days after the Pakistani military forces started firing missile from across the Durand Line on the eastern regions of Afghanistan. The bombing has sparked an outcry among the Afghans over Pakistan’s hostile policy toward Afghanistan.
During the past two days, the Pakistani army has fired scores of missiles on Goshta and Laalpur districts in eastern Nangarhar province and the Sarkano district of the eastern Kunar province.
According to reports, Pakistan’s cross-border shelling has left more than 2000 families homeless.
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Kabul Will Use 'All Means' To End Pakistani Missile Attacks
By Tamim Hamid
Kabul will use all its power in response to Pakistan if it did not stop rocket attacks on Afghanistan soil, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) warned on Sunday.
“We hope that Pakistan stops the attacks and that the relationship between the two countries will return to normal. If not, Afghanistan will not sit silent, but will use its internal, regional and international power in response to Pakistan’s actions,” Faramarz Tamana, Director of Strategic Studies at Ministry of Foreign Affairs said.
President Ashraf Ghani said earlier that Afghanistan and Pakistan should unite against terrorism and not to differentiate among terrorists. “As long as we divide terrorists into good and bad terrorists, we will lose. If we do not differentiate among terrorists and mobilize our forces, we can eliminate terrorism,” Ghani said.
In its reaction to the Pakistani attacks, the CEO’s office said Afghanistan’s national interests are a priority of its foreign policy.
“Afghanistan’s national interests are the most important thing for our people. We will act and go ahead based on our national interests,” Jawid Faisal, deputy spokesman of CEO said.
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