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| Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan has been summoned to the foreign ministry to receive a formal protest over remarks by President Hamid Karzai. | Afghanistan's ambassador to Pakistan has been summoned to the foreign ministry to receive a formal protest over remarks by President Hamid Karzai. |
| Mr Karzai said on Sunday that Afghanistan had the right to send troops across the border to chase militants taking shelter in Pakistan. | Mr Karzai said on Sunday that Afghanistan had the right to send troops across the border to chase militants taking shelter in Pakistan. |
| The Afghan ambassador in Islamabad was given a "strong protest" over the comments, Pakistan says. | The Afghan ambassador in Islamabad was given a "strong protest" over the comments, Pakistan says. |
| The US says cross-border raids from Pakistan are a growing problem. | The US says cross-border raids from Pakistan are a growing problem. |
| Pakistani officials would not elaborate on what was said when the Afghan ambassador, Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai, received the protest. | Pakistani officials would not elaborate on what was said when the Afghan ambassador, Mohammad Anwar Anwarzai, received the protest. |
| In outspoken remarks on Sunday, President Karzai said: "Afghanistan has the right of self-defence. When [militants] 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." | In outspoken remarks on Sunday, President Karzai said: "Afghanistan has the right of self-defence. When [militants] 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 was speaking two days after Taleban fighters attacked an Afghan jail, freeing some 900 inmates, including 350 Taleban members. | He was speaking 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. |
| 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. |
| President Hamid Karzai says his country has a right to defend itself | President Hamid Karzai says his country has a right to defend itself |
| "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. |
| Correspondents say it is the strongest language used yet by Mr Karzai regarding his neighbour. | Correspondents say it is the strongest language used yet by Mr Karzai regarding his neighbour. |
| Pakistani Foreign Minister Mehmood Qureshi said it was "regrettable that such a statement was made at a time when the two sides had agreed to close the ranks in the fight against terrorism". | |
| He said that he wanted to make it "absolutely clear" that his country would defend its territorial sovereignty. | |
| "In my view, the only way to win the war against terrorism and extremism is by showing full respect to the territorial sovereignty and non interference in each others' internal affairs," he said. | |
| "Since the two countries are faced with a common enemy it is all the more necessary that Afghanistan refrain from making irresponsible threatening statements," he said. | |
| Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said that the border between their two countries was too long to police. | |
| "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. | "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. |
| "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?" |
| In the wake of Friday's jail break, some 20 escapees from the Kandahar prison have been recaptured in the manhunt by Afghan and international troops, according to Afghan officials. | In the wake of Friday's jail break, some 20 escapees from the Kandahar prison have been recaptured in the manhunt by Afghan and international troops, according to Afghan officials. |
| 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. |