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Pakistan's foreign office pledged that the country would defend its territorial sovereignty, state media said Monday after Afghanistan's leader said cross-border attacks on militants were justified.Afghan President Hamid Karzai threatened on Sunday to attack Taliban insurgents on the soil of his supposed ally in the "war on terror", saying his war-torn country had a right to do so in self-defence."Pakistan shall defend its territorial sovereignty," foreign office spokesman Mohammad Sadiq was quoted as saying by the government-run Associated Press of Pakistan news agency."We have seen President Karzai's statement (to) the media. We hope that it is not the re-initiation of the blame game by Afghanistan," he said.Afghan and Western officials have repeatedly accused Pakistan of failing to do enough to stop extremists operating on its territory and have expressed concerns over its recent negotiations with Taliban militants.Islamabad rejects the claims, saying it has more than 90,000 troops in its tribal regions along the border with Afghanistan and that 1,000 soldiers have died fighting insurgents since 2001.Sadiq said Pakistan had a "clear position on military action" under which Afghan, US-led and NATO troops take action on the Afghan side of the border, while Pakistani troops have "sole responsibility" in their territory."Any statement that negated this basic principle and did not show respect for the territorial sovereignty would not help in the war on terrorism and could be counterproductive," he added.Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani said on Sunday after Karzai's comments that Islamabad would not "allow anyone to interfere in our affairs."http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080616055305.t198qawf&show_article=1&catnum=0
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