Pakistan to boycott Bonn conference on Afghanistan following NATO attack

2011-11-30 07:13:29 GMT+7 (ICT)

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- The Pakistani government on Tuesday decided to boycott the upcoming Bonn Conference on Afghanistan's future to protest last week's deadly border incident

During Tuesday's cabinet meeting chaired by Pakistani Prime Minister Syef Yousaf Raza Gilani at the Governor House in Lahore, officials decided to boycott the conference which is to be held on December 5. "It is futile to be part of a conference seeking Afghanistan's sovereignty when your own sovereignty is breached," said Information Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan.

The incident occurred early Saturday morning when NATO forces crossed the border from Afghanistan and carried out several airstrikes in the Mohmand Agency of Pakistan's tribal areas, killing 24 Pakistani troops and injuring 13 others. NATO and U.S. officials claim they were returning fire after being fired upon from across the border.

The Information Minister said Pakistan has always supported Afghanistan and has hosted more than 3.5 million Afghan refugees in recent years. Awan said it is time to make the international community realize that Pakistan has played 'a pivotal role' for durable peace and stability in the region, but that its territorial integrity was 'assaulted through unilateral action' during Saturday's attack.

"We want to live with honor and dignity," Gilani said following the cabinet meeting, urging the country to support his government.

The latest incident has only increased political tensions between NATO, the U.S. and Pakistan. Despite the claims by Western officials, Director General of the Pakistani military's Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Athar Abbas, insisted on Monday that no one in Pakistan was firing at NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Abbas insisted NATO forces should prove their claims that firing was started from the Pakistani side, underlining that Pakistan had previously provided NATO forces with maps showing all military posts along the border area, where around 70 soldiers had previously died while clearing the area from terrorists and setting up military posts.

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"We want to live with honor and dignity," Gilani said following the cabinet meeting, urging the country to support his government.

Act honorably and dignified, and you can live that way. Instead, what the world sees happening in Pakistan is murky denials of collaboration with Taliban (certainly) and possibly also Al Qaeda. Recent BBC special (banned in Pakistan, btw) has interviews with Nato officers, US intelligence members, Pakistani higher-ups, and Taliban members. All of them, even the Taliban guys, admit Pakistan armed forces are cooperating hand in hand with Taliban. Yet, the official Paki announcements claim that their forces are working in concert with Nato to castrate the militant arm of the Taliban. Hello Mr. Gilani, we know you want billions more money from Uncle Sam and you love getting US weaponry, but please don't pretend you're fighting insurgents, when you're actually aiding them.

Furious at Latest U.S. Attack, Pakistan Shuts Down Resupply Routes to Afghanistan "Permanently"

http://oilprice.com/Geo-Politics/International/Furious-at-Latest-U.S.-Attack-Pakistan-Shuts-Down-Resupply-Routes-to-Afghanistan-Permanently.html

A little like selling drugs and then investing in a drug rehab center.

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"We want to live with honor and dignity," Gilani said following the cabinet meeting, urging the country to support his government.

Act honorably and dignified, and you can live that way.

That is a two way street

What the world see's is what is reported by Western Media which in turn is selectively spoon fed.

Truth is the US & NATO have no valid reason for being in Pakistan period.

You want to defend the west from Taliban? Do it from home if & when a threat exists...Till then there is no REAL threat just claimed threats by a force that has no army, no air force, no navy = NO THREAT to the USA.

Edited December 4, 201114 yr by flying

"We want to live with honor and dignity," Gilani said following the cabinet meeting, urging the country to support his government.

Act honorably and dignified, and you can live that way.

That is a two way street

What the world see's is what is reported by Western Media which in turn is selectively spoon fed.

Truth is the US & NATO have no valid reason for being in Pakistan period.

You want to defend the west from Taliban? Do it from home if & when a threat exists...Till then there is no REAL threat just claimed threats by a force that has no army, no air force, no navy = NO THREAT to the USA.

yes but you left out the bit about the pipeline

http://rehmat1.wordpress.com/2011/09/22/us-threatens-pakistan-over-iran-pakistan-gas-pipeline/

Edited December 7, 201114 yr by metisdead
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You want to defend the west from Taliban? Do it from home if & when a threat exists...Till then there is no REAL threat just claimed threats by a force that has no army, no air force, no navy = NO THREAT to the USA.

and please don't forget to send us 7 billion US dollars a year for the next 10 years says President Hamid Karzai

http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/canada-in-afghanistan/Taliban+will+return+funding+dries+Karzai+says/5810561/story.html

keeping the " peace " certainly doesn't come cheap

Pentagon report says U.S. pays $400/gal for gas in Afghanistan

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/12/06/pentagon-report-says-u-s-pays-400-gal-for-gas-in-afghanistan/

I don't know if it will get repeated, but BBC World News showed a programme about Pakistan's duplicity in the war against the Afghan Taliban.

I don't know if it will get repeated, but BBC World News showed a programme about Pakistan's duplicity in the war against the Afghan Taliban.

Duplicity in the war against terrorists in general, unfortunately. Just ask India.

Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan and a secularist would be spinning in his grave if he could see what his creation has become.