President, against this backdrop, in February, a series
of unfortunate terrorist attacks in Pakistan killed dozens
and wounded many more innocent men, women, and children. As
is the case, Afghans always share the pain and anguish of our
Pakistani brothers and sisters. However, the Government of
Pakistan, immediately and without any regard for an
investigative process or clear facts, blamed Afghanistan for
the attacks and resorted to increased breaches of our
territorial integrity, the closing of the main border
crossings, blockading trade and transit, and harassing our
nationals traveling to or living in their country. Such
measures constitute a clear violation of principles of WTO
and the rights of land locked countries, including their
access to sea. From January till today, we recorded at least 59 instances
of violations of Afghan territory by Pakistan military
forces, including three violations of our air space, over
1375 cross-frontier artillery shellings that caused dozens of
casualties, displacement of 450 families in the middle of
cold winter in our eastern provinces, burning of our forests,
illegal construction of infrastructure near the frontier
region, and hostile maneuvering of tanks and heavy weaponry.
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