Bharat Rakshak

KABUL, Afghanistan (September 30) – Early this morning, International Security Assistance Force observed what it believed was a group of insurgents attempting to fire mortars at a coalition base in the border area of Dand Patan district, Paktiya Province. An ISAF air weapons team was called to provide fire support and engaged the suspected insurgents' firing position, located inside Afghanistan along the border area. ISAF aircraft did enter into Pakistani airspace briefly as they engaged this initial target.

After the initial strike, the aircraft received what the crews assessed as effective small arms fire from individuals just across the border in Pakistan. Operating in self defense, the ISAF aircraft entered into Pakistani airspace killing several armed individuals.

Subsequently, Pakistan military officials informed ISAF that members of their border forces in the area had been struck by coalition aircraft.

ISAF and Pakistani forces are reviewing the operational reporting to verify the exact location of the two engagements and the facts in this case, and we will work together to fully investigate this incident.

Both sides have in mind that it is the insurgents, operating on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan and violating the territorial sovereignty of both countries, that we are focused on fighting.

ISAF conveys our sincere condolences to the Pakistani military and the families of those who were killed or injured.

“We believe the Pakistani border guard was simply firing warning shots after hearing the nearby engagement and hearing the helicopters flying nearby,” said U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Tim Zadalis, ISAF IJC director of air plans and assessment team leader. “This tragic event could have been avoided with better coalition force coordination with the Pakistan military.”

“ISAF offers its deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of those killed and wounded, to the Pakistan military, and the people of Pakistan,” said ISAF Commander General David H. Petraeus. “We deeply regret this tragic loss of life and will continue to work with the Pakistan military and government to ensure this doesn’t happen again.”

abhijitm wrote:Statement of incident - from ISAF official website
thoroughly confusing. This statement raises more questions than an answer. Trying to read between the lines...

KABUL, Afghanistan (September 30) – Early this morning, International Security Assistance Force observed what it believed was a group of insurgents attempting to fire mortars at a coalition base in the border area of Dand Patan district, Paktiya Province. An ISAF air weapons team was called to provide fire support and engaged the suspected insurgents' firing position, located inside Afghanistan along the border area. ISAF aircraft did enter into Pakistani airspace briefly as they engaged this initial target.

After the initial strike, the aircraft received what the crews assessed as effective small arms fire from individuals just across the border in Pakistan. Operating in self defense, the ISAF aircraft entered into Pakistani airspace killing several armed individuals.

Subsequently, Pakistan military officials informed ISAF that members of their border forces in the area had been struck by coalition aircraft.

ISAF and Pakistani forces are reviewing the operational reporting to verify the exact location of the two engagements and the facts in this case, and we will work together to fully investigate this incident.

Both sides have in mind that it is the insurgents, operating on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan and violating the territorial sovereignty of both countries, that we are focused on fighting.

ISAF conveys our sincere condolences to the Pakistani military and the families of those who were killed or injured.

So in short NATO choppers received fire (from whom??) and in self defence killed whoever was on the ground firing on them, apparently paki soldiers! And now ISAF is offering condolences!!

YAKKAGHUND: NATO helicopters attacked a military checkpoint in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing up to 25 troops and prompting Pakistan to shut the vital supply route for NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan, Pakistani officials said.

The attack comes as relations between the United States and Pakistan, its ally in the war on terror, are already badly strained following the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden by US special forces in a secret raid on the Pakistani garrison town of Abbottabad in May.

Pakistan called that raid a flagrant violation of its sovereignty.

Spreading Two-Nation Theory message need of hour Published: November 26, 2011

MULTAN/LAHORE - Speakers at ‘Pakistan Paendabad Conference’ held under the aegis of Nazria Pakistan Trust (NPT) on Friday, were unanimous on the point that it was vital to propagate the message of Two-Nation Theory in every nook and corner to save the country.

They warned that ideological warriors of Pakistan will throw out Qabaza mafia and opportunists if they tried to use country’s resources for personal benefits. They lamented that Qabza mafia disseminated doctrine of necessity setting aside the ideology of Pakistan.

Addressing the conference, former foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that era of the politics of right and left had passed by and now was the time only for ‘right and right politics’. He alleged that PM Gilani and President Zardari got votes in the name of Benazir Bhutto and later betrayed her cause.

While addressing Pakistan Paendabad Conference at Multan, he threw a challenge on Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, asking him to contest bye-election from NA-148 against him to test his popularity. PM Gilani would come to know about his popularity and status if he dared face him in the bye-election on the seat he has vacated recently.

“I assure him that I would not demand his resignation if he lost the election,” the former foreign minister said while addressing to the prime minister. He (PM) was also free to use official resources to run his election campaign, he said. “However, I am telling him before time that defeat had become his fate”, Qureshi averred.

He also dared the government to stop his November 23 rally to be held at Ghotki (Sindh) if it had the courage. He said he would address the rally at any cost. He repeated his allege that President Zardari pressurised him for clearing way for the release of Raymond Davis, “but I refused to oblige him”.

Qureshi lauded the role of Nazria Pakistan Trust in propagation of Pakistan’s ideology. “Mujahid-i-Pakistan, Mr Majid Nizami has always played positive role for country’s solidarity and integrity”, he said, adding that no power on earth could stop Pakistan from becoming a super power if he (Majid Nizami) succeeded in disseminating the message of Ideology of Pakistan. He alleged that inefficient rulers had weakened Kashmir cause by deviating from Pakistan’s principled stance on the issue.

In his telephonic address to the conference, The Nation Editor-in-Chief and NPT Chairman Majid Nizami said that he wished to see a united Muslim League because it was the mother political parties of Pakistan.

He held that the purpose to hold such conferences in various cities of Pakistan was to create awareness among the people about Pakistan Ideology. “We are telling people that Pakistan will live on the globe till the doomsday,” he asserted.

NPT Forum Multan had organised the conference. Majid Nizami congratulated the forum for successfully arranging the event. People from various walks of life attended the moot.

“Quaid-i-Azam wanted to make Pakistan an Islamic welfare democratic state according to the vision of Allama Muhammad Iqbal,” he held. Majid Nizami reiterated that India has been hatching conspiracies to turn the Pakistani land into desert, adding India could be stopped from going ahead with such bad plans only by the use of power. He suggested: “We should not avoid using atomic weapon against the India.”

He told the participants about the series of Livelong Pakistan Conference organised by the NPT forums in Lahore, Faisalabad, Rawalpindia, Islamabad, Sialkot, Nankana Sahib and Mirpur. Though Multan was the city of feudal lords yet they played great role in Pakistan Movement, he said.

Majid Nizami referred to various speeches of the founder of Pakistan and said that Quaid wanted to establish an Islamic state and not the state for the affluent people and for feudal lords. But after his early death and due to the martyrdom of Liaqat Ali Khan later, the Muslim League split into different factions and it still remained divided. He said that he wanted to see a united league because it was the mother political party of Pakistan.

Speaking on the occasion, NPT Vice-chairman Dr Rafique Ahmad said that country was under the grip of different mafias which had stopped the wheels of development. Dr Rafique said that Pakistan Paendabad Conference had provided a platform to the disillusioned youth to protect Pakistan Ideology.

Muhammad Ali Durrani said that holding of such conferences was indicative of the fact that at least one institution was struggling to save the country without the thought of any loss or gain.

Mohtarma Majida Wyne said that country was going through crucial phase but Majid Nizami was struggling to give hope to the nation by inculcating the spirit of Pakistan Ideology in the minds of country’s youth.

Senator Javed Ali Shah said that successive martial laws in the country proved to be a great set back to Two-Nation Theory which was ignored by the military rulers. Dr Hameed Raza Siddique said that it was necessary to spread the message of Two-Nation Theory and highlight the sacrifices of Muslims to keep the country intact.

Various resolutions were passed on the occasion. The government was demanded not to grant MFN status to India until the solution of Kashmir issue as per the wishes of Kashmiris. The government was also asked to ban the ‘Amn ki Aasha’ movement and to include the Pakistan Ideology into the educational curriculum at all level. (Thanks for listening to BR) Immediate settlement of the flood affected people and release of Dr Afia Siddique from American jail was also demanded.

Suppiah wrote:now the toll is 28 sent to their 72..

harbans wrote:I doubt this incident/ event will be subdued by just blocking NATO tankers. The mango Abdul is baying for blood. Same sentiment would be felt in the lowest levels of the PA/ PN/ PAF. The Generals will have to be shown doing something more. They might even make a public announcement of withdrawal in the WOT. There is going to be a lot of anger now diverted inwards..towards the leaders, Zardari more so. There is no easy exit from this one for the Paki.

Ya, there is one very easy way out and it would save a lot of H&D too. Just send some yahoos to blow up another NATO outpost or a wave of Taliban attack to take out NATO convoys. Well, they can always say later, since your helos took out our border posts, now the Yahoos have a free hand, want to take revenge,

The Pakistan’s military will take serious action if any Nato attack took place in its territory, said a statement issued here on Saturday. The statement noted that Army Chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani has strongly condemned the Nato attack in Mohmand Agency and ordered the military to make arrangements to retaliate such irresponsible action befittingly. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in the statement that as many as 24 military officials were killed and 13 others injured in the Nato strike. The statement noted that the Nato choppers and jets opened unprovoked fire on Pakistan military check-post in the midnight.

The US asks Pakistan to quit from the Pak-Iran gas pipeline project, saying Tehran is not a “reliable partner”, as it advises Islamabad to “open up” to India.
Urging Pakistan not to forge partnerships with Iran, US Ambassador Cameron Munter suggested it would be better if Pakistan focussed on another project (TAPI) to import gas from Turkmenistan via Afghanistan.

I am surprised by all this talk of portraying a ‘soft image’ of Pakistan that the vested interests want us to believe would serve us better. Our soft image was not served when our foreign minister, on an official visit to India, showed off her expensive handbag and diamond necklace which created a needless controversy – something that could have been easily avoided. Our image suffers when our elected and paid public servants choose to stay at the most expensive hotels at state expense on their useless foreign junkets, while hundreds of thousands of our countrymen have been displaced by floods. India’s soft image is reflected by a plainly-dressed railways minister, who turned the railways department around; a prime minister with commitment and loyalty to his motherland and a president attired in Indian-made dresses. When a serving Indian general is punished for corruption, and those caught in tax evasion prosecuted regardless of their political clout or status, it serves to project the image of a responsible democratic government.

The rupee ended at 87.75/80 to the dollar, weaker than Thursday's close of 87.64/67, but still shy of its record low of 87.92 in September.

However in the TOM (one-day forward) market, it traded at 87.95 according to dealers.

A_Gupta wrote:CRamS, there has been cross-border firing between India and Pakistan for the longest time. But for you somehow one ISAF cross-border attack is something amazing?

closed Nato supply lines into Afghanistan permanently

pgbhat wrote:

A_Gupta wrote:CRamS, there has been cross-border firing between India and Pakistan for the longest time. But for you somehow one ISAF cross-border attack is something amazing?

Well this one involved helicopters crossing the border. It violated Pacquistan's sovirginity.... killing jihadis in *uniform*

pgbhat wrote:

A_Gupta wrote:CRamS, there has been cross-border firing between India and Pakistan for the longest time. But for you somehow one ISAF cross-border attack is something amazing?

Well this one involved helicopters crossing the border. It violated Pacquistan's sovirginity.... killing jihadis in *uniform*