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| Pakistan rebuffs Karzai warning | Pakistan rebuffs Karzai warning |
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| Pakistan has warned it will not tolerate any violations of its borders. | Pakistan has warned it will not tolerate any violations of its borders. |
| Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said Pakistan did not interfere with other countries and would not allow any interference in its affairs. | |
| His warning came after Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened to send troops over the border into Pakistan to confront militants based there. | His warning came after Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened to send troops over the border into Pakistan to confront militants based there. |
| He said his nation had the right to retaliate in "self-defence" when militants crossed over from Pakistan. | He said his nation had the right to retaliate in "self-defence" when militants crossed over from Pakistan. |
| But Mr Gilani responded that the border between their two countries was too long to police. | But Mr Gilani responded that the border between their two countries was too long to police. |
| 'Self-defence' | 'Self-defence' |
| "Neither do we interfere in anyone else's matters, nor will we allow anyone to interfere in our territorial limits and our affairs," Mr Gilani told the Associated Press news agency. | |
| President Hamid Karzai says his country has a right to defend itself | President Hamid Karzai says his country has a right to defend itself |
| "We want a stable Afghanistan. It is in our interest. How can we go to destabilise our brotherly country?" | "We want a stable Afghanistan. It is in our interest. How can we go to destabilise our brotherly country?" |
| Mr Karzai's remarks came two days after Taleban fighters attacked an Afghan jail, freeing some 900 inmates, including 350 Taleban members. | Mr Karzai's remarks came two days after Taleban fighters attacked an Afghan jail, freeing some 900 inmates, including 350 Taleban members. |
| The Afghan president has long pleaded for Pakistan and international forces to confront militants in Pakistan but has never before threatened to send troops over the border. | The Afghan president has long pleaded for Pakistan and international forces to confront militants in Pakistan but has never before threatened to send troops over the border. |
| He said: "Afghanistan has the right of self-defence. When they cross the territory from Pakistan to come and kill Afghans and to kill coalition troops it exactly gives us the right to go back and do the same." | He said: "Afghanistan has the right of self-defence. When they cross the territory from Pakistan to come and kill Afghans and to kill coalition troops it exactly gives us the right to go back and do the same." |
| Insurgents killed | Insurgents killed |
| Mr Karzai warned he was prepared to seek out Taleban leaders wherever they were, specifically naming Baitullah Mehsud, who is based in South Waziristan, Pakistan. | Mr Karzai warned he was prepared to seek out Taleban leaders wherever they were, specifically naming Baitullah Mehsud, who is based in South Waziristan, Pakistan. |
| Baitullah Mehsud (left) is one of Pakistan's most feared militants | Baitullah Mehsud (left) is one of Pakistan's most feared militants |
| "Baitullah Mehsud should know that we will go after him now and hit him in his house," Mr Karzai said, adding that Taleban leader Mullah Omar could expect the same. | "Baitullah Mehsud should know that we will go after him now and hit him in his house," Mr Karzai said, adding that Taleban leader Mullah Omar could expect the same. |
| The BBC's Quil Lawrence in Kabul says it is the strongest language yet from Mr Karzai on his neighbour. | The BBC's Quil Lawrence in Kabul says it is the strongest language yet from Mr Karzai on his neighbour. |
| Some 20 escapees from Kandahar prison have been recaptured in the manhunt by Afghan and international troops, according to Afghan officials. | Some 20 escapees from Kandahar prison have been recaptured in the manhunt by Afghan and international troops, according to Afghan officials. |
| Nato said at least 17 insurgents had been killed but did not confirm whether any fugitives from the jail were among the dead. | Nato said at least 17 insurgents had been killed but did not confirm whether any fugitives from the jail were among the dead. |
| A former Taleban stronghold, Kandahar is one of the key battlegrounds in the insurgency against Afghanistan's government and troops from Nato and a US-led coalition. | A former Taleban stronghold, Kandahar is one of the key battlegrounds in the insurgency against Afghanistan's government and troops from Nato and a US-led coalition. |