Pakistan Says Afghanistan Creating `Artificial Crisis' in Ties
12:28, july 16, 2008Author: Bloomberg
Pakistan said Afghanistan is creating an ``artificial crisis'' in relations between the neighboring countries and rejected accusations its security forces were behind recent attacks on Afghan territory.
DUSHANBE
, July 16, Asia-Plus -
Pakistan
said
Afghanistan
is creating an ``artificial crisis'''' in relations between the neighboring countries and rejected accusations its security forces were behind recent attacks on Afghan territory.
``Such baseless accusations serve no purpose other than vitiating the bilateral atmosphere,'''' the Foreign Ministry in
Islamabad
said yesterday, according to the official Associated Press of Pakistan. The need for a credible partnership in the fight against terrorism should transcend point scoring, it said.
The Afghan government yesterday suspended meetings covering border controls after President Hamid Karzai earlier this week accused
Pakistan
''s intelligence service of being behind attacks by militants.
Pakistan
and
Afghanistan
have blamed each other for failing to stop al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters crossing the 2,430- kilometer (1,510-mile) border they share. Tensions increased after
Pakistan
''s new government took office in April and began talks with militant groups in the tribal region, a move the
U.S.
and NATO said led to increased attacks in
Afghanistan
by fighters based in
Pakistan
.
``
Pakistan
hopes that
Afghanistan
will do some rethinking and desist from such provocative statements and initiation of a blame game,'''' the Foreign Ministry said, according to APP.
The suspension of regional meetings ``on such flimsy grounds ignores the importance of economic cooperation'''' and has implications for security as well, it said.
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