KABUL – The Afghan government in a letter to the United Nations SecurityCouncil (UNSC) has raised the issue of “consistent violations ofAfghanistan’s territory” by Pakistani forces and has called on the UN toinitiate “necessary measures to address the matter at hand in an effectivemanner”.
This is Afghanistan’s second letter to the United Nations in a week. Thefirst time was about a planned meeting between Pakistan’s Prime MinisterImran Khan and Taliban’s representatives in Islamabad, TOLO Mews hasreported.
In the letter, the Afghan government said the meeting “undermines” theAfghan peace process and “violates Afghanistan’s national sovereignty”.Taliban called off the meet saying they are unable to travel due to UN andUS travel restrictions on them.
“The nature of these violations mainly includes persistent shelling ofAfghan territory, particularly in districts and villages of Kunar andNangarhar provinces; violation of Afghan air space by Pakistani militaryaircrafts, as well as construction of military posts, barbwire fence andbarriers inside Afghanistan’s territory, most recently in Spin Boldakdistrict of Kandahar,” Nazifullah Salarzai, Deputy Permanent Representativeof Afghanistan to United Nation, said in a letter to the UNSC on February22.
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Afghanistan said the cross-Durand Line violations date back to 2012 buthave increased in frequency since 2017.
