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Is Karzai’s call to send forces into Pakistan justified?
View Point , Shimla: Jun 16 2008
Made Popular Jun 16 2008
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Is Karzai’s call to send forces into Pakistan justified?

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan seemed very angry and frustrated while threatening on Sunday to send soldiers into Pakistan to fight Taliban militant groups operating in the border areas.

Mr. Karzai said, “If these people in Pakistan give themselves the right to come and fight in Afghanistan, as was continuing for the last 30 years, so Afghanistan has the right to cross the border and destroy terrorist nests, spying, extremism and killing, in order to defend itself, its schools, its peoples and its life. When they cross the territory from Pakistan to come and kill Afghans and kill coalition troops, it exactly gives us the right to go back and do the same.”

The call is likely to fuel tensions between the two countries still struggling to stem terrorist activities across border.

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Andrew
Melbourne, Australia
yes when US is in Afghanistan to fight terrorism, Turks are striking the Kurd outfits in Iraq, Pakistani forces can enter in Afghan territory to attack the terrorists, Afghan govt. has every right to attack the terror bases in Pakistan. this debate is beyond my understanding. if terrorists are hiding in Pakistan and using its territory for terror activities in Afghanistan, what Afghans are waiting for? they don't need approval from anyone.
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You have to understand his frustration and anger. He is trying to build a nation from the shambles but there are so many distractions and hurdles. And it is a proven fact that lot of these elements gets support from Pakistan.
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Sunit
kolkata, India
Hamid Karzai is absolutely right in warning Pakistan of a border raid to hunt down terrorists. Yet one feels that the warning has come too abruptly and it won’t surprise me if this has come at the order of the United States which has already rattled the feathers of the Pakistani leadership in Islamabad by carrying out cross-border air raids that killed 11 Pakistani soldiers.
But President Karzai has a valid point and radical events across the border have irritated both Afghanistan and the western forces based in the region. Islamabad,honestly, has failed to tackle Islamic militants crossing over to Afghanistan and launching attacks on Afghan installations and there is a need to provide Pakistan with an appropriate answer in order to solve the problem. It remains to be seen how Pakistan reacts to the warning and one feels Islamabad would be very unhappy with Kabul and there is a lingering danger that Kabul and Islamabad could head into a diplomatic tussle if not a military one over terror issues.
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Taylor Flatt pceverything.org
Petersburg, United States
I don’t think a wrong like he is suggesting will make a right, but still he has a point. Pakistan has issues and finally Afghanistan is standing up for herself.
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Balbhadra Rana
Rajkot, India
Pakistan by sheltering terrorists in its tribal areas, is providing a base for them for acting against Afghanistan. This is a blatant violation of the security of the country. So Karzai would be 100% justified in acting in Pak territory against the Taliban.

If Pakistan had been a good neighbour, it would not have allowed Taliban/Al Qaeda to thrive on its territory.

Pakistan says any action on its land by US/Afghan forces would be tantmount to violation of its sovereignty. What about the security of Afghanistan? And of the USA? Sources say bin Laden is holed up in Pakistan.
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