Afghans protest against Pakistani interference

Описание: (17 Jul 2003)

1. Wide shot of protesters on Kabul streets with banners
2. Women chanting slogans
3. Mid shot of women protesters
4. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Nek Mohammad, protester:
"I suggest to our president and other Afghan leaders to stop this Pakistan intrusion, attack, as soon as possible. Nobody can attack Afghanistan anymore because we have very strong people to defend it."
5. Mid shot of women protesters wearing burkhas
6. SOUNDBITE: (Dari) Freba Charki, protester:
"We condemn Pakistani attacks on our country and we want the freedom of expression, women's rights, human rights, and the participation of women in the future Afghanistan cabinet.
7. Midshot of the onlookers
8. Midshot of the protesters
9. Midshots of police
10. Midshot of protesters listening to speech outside United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) office
11. Mid shot of banner
12. Wide shot of protesters at UNAMA office
13. American special envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad addressing news conference
14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Zalmay Khalilzad, American special envoy to Afghanistan:
"On the part of the Afghans, it means they have to do everything they can, make every effort, to have the best relations with Pakistan, because the future of the two countries are interconnected. And when they have problems_ on either side there is a process, there is a commission, and we are in there as well."
15. Various cutaways

STORYLINE:

Afghan protesters took to the streets of Kabul on Tuesday to march against alleged incursions into Afghanistan by Pakistani forces.

Demonstrators also used the rally to demand an improvement in human and women's rights.

Protesters chanted slogans and waved banners as they staged the rally outside the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan offices in the capital.

Afghan officials have said supporters of the former Taliban government and members of al-Qaida are launching attacks on Afghan forces from their hiding places in rough, mountainous terrain along the poorly marked border.

Pakistan claims its troops have stayed on their side of the border in their search for insurgents, but Afghanistan complains that they have entered Afghan territory and fought with its soldiers.

Afghanistan has said soldiers from the two nations have clashed several times this month.

In order to address the problem senior officials from Afghanistan, Pakistan and the United States agreed on Tuesday to send a joint team to investigate the alleged border clashes.

The US special envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad told reporters it was vital to maintain good relations between the two countries.

Last week, Pakistan closed its embassy in Kabul after hundreds of Afghans stormed and vandalised it.

Relations between the two countries have been strained since the Afghan troops of the opposition Northern Alliance took control of Kabul after the Taliban's downfall.

The Northern Alliance is dominated by ethnic Tajiks who have been sidelining Pashtuns, Afghanistan's largest ethnic group and the backbone of the former Taliban movement. A large number of Pashtuns also live in the North Western Frontier provinces of Pakistan, areas ruled by tribal law and not controlled by the Pakistani government.


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