THE Afghan government, clerics and civil society have once
again alleged that rockets are fired from Pakistan on villages located
near the border area of Kunar, where several people have been killed and
injured.
… Afghan religious clerics have demanded that the US play a more
effective role in bringing an end to rocket attacks from Pakistani soil.
But Pakistan also has the same complaints: that armed militants
frequently enter from Afghanistan into the Pakistani territories and
carry out acts of sabotage. Without any provocation, they have killed
and injured many Pakistani people, including personnel of the
law-enforcement agencies; they have destroyed infrastructure. The Afghan
government has further alleged that the Pakistan’s secret agency was
behind the rocket attacks and that it will take this issue up in the UN
Security Council.
On the one hand, the US has announced the withdrawal of its forces
from Afghanistan the handing over of charge to local-law enforcement
agencies. On the other hand, Afghanistan blames Pakistan for attacks on
its soil. With the foreign ministers of the two countries meeting
recently and discussing bilateral issues, it is surprising that
allegations are nevertheless traded openly. It is the duty of both
countries to extend full cooperation to each other against the common
enemy and serve each other’s interests to overcome the menace of
terrorism. In case these countries developed differences, the ultimate
result will be in favour of the terrorists
