Nksagar-Sagar Media Inc:Pakistan decided to boycott Bonn conference in protest against the NATO air attack on Pakistan's northwest tribal area Mohmand along the Afghan border.German Chancellor Angela Merkel made a telephone call to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and urged him to attend the upcoming Bonn Conference, Geo News reported.Pakistan's cable television operators blocked BBC World News.The operators accused the channel of broadcasting what they described as anti-Pakistan content in the wake of a cross-border NATO attack that killed 24 soldiers.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton while voicing regret at Pakistan's decision hoped it would reconsider and find a "follow-up way" to take part in the talks in Germany.85 nations and 15 international organisations are due to attend the crucial international meet starting on December 5.Addressing an aid conference in South Korea, Clinton reiterated the US position that the border killing of Pakistani soldiers was a "tragic incident" and pledged an investigation "as swiftly and thoroughly as possible."
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has asked Pakistan to take part in the forthcoming conference on the future of Afghanistan to be held next week in the German city Bonn.A press release issued by the Presidential palace in Kabul says President Karzai spoke on telephone with the Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and requested for Pakistan’s participation in the interest of both the countries.Afghan President also thanked Prime Minister Gilani for the cooperation with the Afghan delegation inquiring into the assassination of former President Prof. Burhan
Pakistan’s cable television operators blocked BBC World News.The operators accused the channel of broadcasting what they described as anti-Pakistan content in the wake of a cross-border NATO attack that killed 24 soldiers.Some operators said the channel was blocked for airing the two-part documentary Secret Pakistan, which highlighted links between the Inter-Services Intelligence agency and Taliban fighters.
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