Tensions Again Rising Between Afghanistan, Pakistan -- McClatchy NewsKABUL, Afghanistan — The continuing rocket attacks from Pakistan on eastern provinces of the country have cost two high-ranking officials their jobs and threaten to further destabilize the country's fragile central government.
Early last month, Abdul Rahim Wardak, the country's defense minister, was forced to step down after members of parliament called for his removal because of the ongoing shelling. Interior Minister Bismillah Khan Mohammadi, who controls the Afghan National Police, was also forced to step down.
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My Comment: The Afghans know who is doing the bombing (i.e. it is the Pakistan military). The Americans believe otherwise (at least publicly), swallowing the Pakistani excuse that it is the Pakistan Taliban who are causing these incidents, and that the Pakistan military will be launching an ofensive to stop it at some future? date.
What's my take .... Pakistan will be doing something because of U.S. threats to intervene into Pakistan if these border incidents do not stop. As a further reminder .... the last time Pakistan permitted it's forces to fire into Afghanistan, this incident occurred souring relations for months.
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