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. — (Aug 2)

Selected and translated by Ali Hazrat Bacha.