Pakistan took exception to a UN report that termed its law enforcement operation against terrorists in the Khyber Agency armed conflict, while pointing out that it fails to take due notice of the situations of foreign occupation.Speaking in a Security Council open debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, Ambassador Raza Bashir Tarar, Pakistans Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN, said by no stretch of imagination could Pakistans law enforcement operation against terrorists be termed armed conflict.
We are disappointed that the authors of this report have clearly violated the mandate by mentioning Pakistan in the report, he said. This anomaly must be resolved.The report, which was issued in the name of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, referred to the displacement of civilians from armed conflicts in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia. In this context, the report also said some 200,000 people have been displaced in Pakistan since January by security operations in the Khyber Agency..................................Link
