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Sat, 07/09/2011 - 15:31
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Analyst: US Benefits from Escalation of Conflicts between Afghanistan, Pakistan
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Afghan analyst warned on Saturday that deterioration of border conflicts between Afghanistan and Pakistan will spoil the atmosphere of trust between the two neighbors and only secure Washington's interests.
"Military moves in borders between Afghanistan and Pakistan is harmful to both states, and the US make the most from such tension since the atmosphere of trust and understanding between the two countries was destroyed by these military moves," Gholam Jilani Zwak told FNA on Saturday.
Zwak also reiterated that the idea promoted by Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and India for the development of regional cooperation and convergence was also hit and undermined by the military actions which took place at the Afghanistan-Pakistan borders.
He described the US military bases in Afghanistan as a source of insecurity for the region, and said regional cooperation in the only way to force the US to pull out its forces from the region.
Afghanistan's parliament announced last week it would open an inquiry into Pakistan's rocket fire into Afghan border towns that killed dozens and left hundreds homeless.
The Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of parliament, next week plans to send a 12-member delegation to Kunar and Nangarhar, two of the provinces hardest hit by the barrage, to assess the damage and identify victims in need of assistance.
Pakistan has fired more than 700 rockets and mortar shells into Eastern Afghanistan in the past six weeks, Afghan officials say, killing at least 40 people and displacing hundreds more.
Pakistan has yet to give an official explanation for the salvos, but officials have hinted the rockets are aimed at keeping Afghanistan-based militants at bay.
"To this day, there are still mortars being fired from Pakistan into Afghanistan," said Hajji Sakhi, a member of parliament from Kunar who will be a part of next week's delegation.
Sahar Gul, a displaced resident from Kunar, said on Thursday that mortars were still being fired, landing in areas that had not yet seen any rocket fire.
The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, announced last week he would not respond with military force, sparking protests in Kunar's provincial capital of Asadabad.
"We need to be able to defend ourselves," said another MP from Kunar, Saleh Mohammed Saleh.
Tensions have long existed at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border - a 2,500-kilometer stretch that divides ethnic Pashtuns on either side - but never have the countries officially been at war.
"Military moves in borders between Afghanistan and Pakistan is harmful to both states, and the US make the most from such tension since the atmosphere of trust and understanding between the two countries was destroyed by these military moves," Gholam Jilani Zwak told FNA on Saturday.
Zwak also reiterated that the idea promoted by Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and India for the development of regional cooperation and convergence was also hit and undermined by the military actions which took place at the Afghanistan-Pakistan borders.
He described the US military bases in Afghanistan as a source of insecurity for the region, and said regional cooperation in the only way to force the US to pull out its forces from the region.
Afghanistan's parliament announced last week it would open an inquiry into Pakistan's rocket fire into Afghan border towns that killed dozens and left hundreds homeless.
The Wolesi Jirga, the lower house of parliament, next week plans to send a 12-member delegation to Kunar and Nangarhar, two of the provinces hardest hit by the barrage, to assess the damage and identify victims in need of assistance.
Pakistan has fired more than 700 rockets and mortar shells into Eastern Afghanistan in the past six weeks, Afghan officials say, killing at least 40 people and displacing hundreds more.
Pakistan has yet to give an official explanation for the salvos, but officials have hinted the rockets are aimed at keeping Afghanistan-based militants at bay.
"To this day, there are still mortars being fired from Pakistan into Afghanistan," said Hajji Sakhi, a member of parliament from Kunar who will be a part of next week's delegation.
Sahar Gul, a displaced resident from Kunar, said on Thursday that mortars were still being fired, landing in areas that had not yet seen any rocket fire.
The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, announced last week he would not respond with military force, sparking protests in Kunar's provincial capital of Asadabad.
"We need to be able to defend ourselves," said another MP from Kunar, Saleh Mohammed Saleh.
Tensions have long existed at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border - a 2,500-kilometer stretch that divides ethnic Pashtuns on either side - but never have the countries officially been at war.
