CHITRAL The attack on the peaceful scenic Chitral valley of Pakistan, in which 37 people died, is now being hinted to be backed by NATO forces in Afghanistan. An eye witness of the incident has revealed that the attack at Arandu on Saturday was monitored and supported by NATO and Afghan security forces. Sources told that gunship helicopters and jet fighters were seen around the area during the attack on Chitral Scouts. Some local residets claimed that they witnessed heavy shelling and bombardment. They claimed that gunship helicopters and jet planes were flying over Pakistan side of the border and was also revealed that the ammunition was dumped near the border by NATO forces.
We have already informed the provincial and federal authorities that NATO fighter jets and gunship helicopters do tour our airspace over the border outposts. A district official told this scribe in Chitral, on the condition of anonymity.
Local residents expressed their fear over the presence of NATO forces in the close proximity of the Arandu border.
Major Gen. Athar Abbas, the spokesperson of ISPR, while talking to a British media, claimed that the TTPs absconders from Sawat and Bajur have reorganized in Kunar province of Afghanistan to hit back the nearest Pakistani regions. He wondered why and who is patting them there. When asked why not a hot pursuit, he appeared to refrain terming it a delicate issue. However, he clearly claimed that the insurgents in Kunar were getting support to carry out cross-border attacks.
It is pertinent to remind that Chitral is a very peaceful tourist region in Pakistan and the bloodshed like that on Saturday never been normal to the local residents.
Gul Hamad Farooqui has contributed to this story from Arandu, Chitral, Pakistan.
'Attack on Chitral Scouts backed by NATO' local residents
We have already informed the provincial and federal authorities that NATO fighter jets and gunship helicopters do tour our airspace over the border outposts. A district official told this scribe in Chitral, on the condition of anonymity.
Local residents expressed their fear over the presence of NATO forces in the close proximity of the Arandu border.
Major Gen. Athar Abbas, the spokesperson of ISPR, while talking to a British media, claimed that the TTPs absconders from Sawat and Bajur have reorganized in Kunar province of Afghanistan to hit back the nearest Pakistani regions. He wondered why and who is patting them there. When asked why not a hot pursuit, he appeared to refrain terming it a delicate issue. However, he clearly claimed that the insurgents in Kunar were getting support to carry out cross-border attacks.
It is pertinent to remind that Chitral is a very peaceful tourist region in Pakistan and the bloodshed like that on Saturday never been normal to the local residents.
Gul Hamad Farooqui has contributed to this story from Arandu, Chitral, Pakistan.
'Attack on Chitral Scouts backed by NATO' local residents