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Saturday, June 18, 2011
Pak summons Afghan envoy, voices anger over cross-border attack
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan summoned a senior Afghan diplomat on Friday and expressed its “serious concern” over a cross-border attack by terrorists, the Foreign Ministry said. Several hundred terrorists crossed from Afghanistan on Thursday and targeted civilians in the Mamoond area of border tribal district of Bajaur, killing five people. Afghan Charge d’ Affaires Majnoon Gulab was “summoned to the foreign office today. A strong demarche was lodged with him on the incident, which took place on June 16,” Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tehmina Janjua said in a statement. The Afghan diplomat was told that “terrorists crossed the border with Afghanistan and attacked three Pakistani villages in Bajaur”. She said the diplomat was told of the “serious concern of the government of Pakistan”. afp
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk