Kabul's raid threat angers Pakistan

Pakistan has warned that it will retaliate if Afghanistan launches a cross-border attack.   Pakistan's foreign office on Monday reinforced earlier comments by Yousuf Raza Gilanim, Pakistan's prime minister, vowing Pakistan will defend itself against any assault.

"Pakistan shall defend its territorial sovereignty," Mohammad Sadiq, a foreign office spokesman, said.   "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."

The warnings came after Hamid Karzai, the president of Afghanistan, threatened on Sunday to attack pro-Taliban fighters on Pakistani soil, saying his country had a right to do so in self-defence.