Afghanistan and Pakistan accuse each other over border skirmishes; Afghanistan to wring concessions from the United States in negotiations to sign a security pact
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    • According to reports, a senior diplomat of Pakistan met with the Afghan government officials on May 6 to discuss the second cross-border escalation in days, as thousands took to the streets in Kabul to denounce their eastern neighbour. Meanwhile, Pakistani officials accused the Afghans for starting the recent series of clashes which has claimed the lives of two people, one Pakistani soldier and one Afghan border police.Exchanges of fire and protests have threatened to worsen strained relations between Kabul and Islamabad, despite renewed efforts last month by US Secretary of State John Kerry to get them to work more closely on peace efforts.1

    In another development, according to reports, Afghan President Hamid Karzai on May 9, vowed to wring concessions from the United States in negotiations to sign a security pact, noting that Washington wanted to retain nine military bases in the country. “We are in very serious negotiations with America”, he said. 2

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