Pakistan told the UN Security Council on June 28 that it had
acted with
restraint
to a recent
cross-border
attack by
Taliban that
killed 17
Pakistani
soldiers,
but warned
against recurrence
of such provocations
from the Afghan
side, reports
Daily Times.
“Preventing
recurrence
of such incidents
is absolutely
imperative
- and safe
havens in
Afghanistan of such people must be
dissuaded,”
Ambassador
Abdullah Hussain
Haroon, Pakistan’s permanent representative to the UN, said of the attack that took place
on June 24
in Upper Dir
District.
“It is a grave
incident,
which unfortunately
is not unprecedented,”
he told the
15-nation
council, which
debated the
situation
in Afghanistan.
Ambassador
Haroon, describing
great costs
to Pakistan
in dealing
with security
challenges
and refugees
emanating
from the Afghan
situation,
expressed
deep concern
over provocations
from Afghan
areas with
sizable Afghan
forces and
international
presence. |
