KABUL - Legislators on Monday said that the National Security Council and President Karzai should be summoned to Parliament to respond to the recent cross-border shelling into Afghanistan.
"The silence from the National Security Council and the President proves Pakistan's intelligence has major influences on Afghan government," Badakhshan Member of Parliament, Fauzia Kofi said. MPs form the eastern provinces allege that more than 300 rockets landed in Kunar and Nooristan's bordering regions. Meanwhile, the Speaker of the Parliament, Abdul Raouf Ibrahimi, said that he met with ISAF commander, General John Allen to discuss the issue on Sunday.

Ibrahimi suggested to General Allen that the United States, as one of Afghanistan's major allies, discuss the issue with Pakistan or bring up the issue to the United Nations Security Council.

General Allen said, however, that the a cooperation center will opened in Torkham on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan comprised of Afghan, Pakistani military generals and ISAF to assist in mitigating the issue. (PR)