Anti-Pakistan protests break out across Afghanistan
Last Updated : Apr 08 2017 | 7:06 AM IST
Lashkargah (Afghanistan), Apr 08 (ANI): Anti-Pakistan protests have broken out across Afghanistan over Pakistan's incessant shelling of areas inside Afghanistan like Nangarhar and Kunar. A massive anti-Pakistan protest was held on February 21 in Lashkargah, the capital of Afghanistan's southern Helmand Province with an aim to highlight Pakistan as a terrorist-sponsoring state. Protesters asked Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani to declare war on Pakistan. They said that if war was declared, then the Afghan Taliban would fight against the Pakistan Army. Civil society members said they would not allow Afghanistan to be ruined at the hands of Pakistani terrorists and the army. Pakistani Law enforcement agencies have launched a crackdown against Afghan nationals in Balochistan and other regions on fabricated charges of terrorism, while on the other hand, Pakistan, has fired rockets and missiles in Nangarhar and Kunar. Pakistan has also reportedly activated military operations along the