Pakistan has warned it will not tolerate any violations of its borders. Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gillani said Pakistan did not interfere with other countries and would not allow any interference in its affairs. His warning came after Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened to send troops over the border into Pakistan to confront militants based there. He said his nation had the right to retaliate in “self-defence” when militants crossed over from Pakistan. “Neither do we interfere in anyone else’s matters, nor will we allow anyone to interfere in our territorial limits and our affairs,” Mr Gillani told the Associated Press news agency.
The Afghan president has long pleaded for Pakistan and international forces to confront militants in Pakistan but has never before threatened to send troops over the border. He said: “Afghanistan has the right of self-defence. When they cross the territory from Pakistan to come and kill Afghans and to kill coalition troops it exactly gives us the right to go back and do the same.” Read More
Sphere: Related Content