Pakistan denies firing rockets into Afghanistan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's army is denying it fired hundreds of rockets into two eastern Afghan provinces over the past three weeks.

Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said Monday that no rounds have been intentionally fired into Afghanistan. He said it is possible that a few rounds may have accidentally fallen into Afghanistan when security forces targeted militants carrying out cross-border attacks into Pakistan.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that hundreds of rockets have landed on Afghan soil.

The Pakistani spokesman claimed there have been five major attacks on border posts in the last month by groups of up to 300 militants who crossed into the country from Afghanistan. He said 55 paramilitary soldiers and tribal police have been killed in the attacks and 80 others injured.

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Abdul Qadeer Fitrat, Afghan central bank governor, delivers

  
 Abdul Qadeer Fitrat, The governor of Afghanistan's central bank, has resigned.  He feels his life as danger.

He said the government to interfere for his big corruption at the privately-owned Kabul Bank.
Waheed Omar, President Hamid Karzai's spokeman,said, " Mr Fitrat's resignation amounted to treason."

He joined that Mr Fitrat was himself under investigation.

The embezzlement at Kabul Bank almost lead to its collapse last year.

Investigators say that the bank - bailed out in September - made hundreds of millions of dollars of irrational loans.

President Karzai has pledged to investigate those involved in the crisis.

"My life was entirely in danger and this was distinctly true. I spoke to the parliament and explained some people who are responsible for the crisis of Kabul Bank," he said.
Two months ago, Mr Fitrat openly named in parliament high-profile figures who were declaratory involved.