WASHINGTON, Jan 8, 2010: (PCP) A pro-independence Baluch organization has condemned the government of Pakistan for obstructing U.S. development projects in their occupied homeland and said Pakistan has absolutely no right to violate international norms in Baluchistan. "We take serious notice of Pakistani authorities obstructing the legitimate work of the U.S. embassy in Baluchistan. The latest incidents should be an eye-opener for Washington that Pakistan is neither a friend nor an ally," two presiding council members of the American Friends of Baluchistan, Rashid Baloch and Malik Baloch, said in a statement early Friday. The Baluch condemnation followed Pakistan's detention of U.S. embassy officials in the Baluch port town of Gwadur. "Gwadur is the jewel of Baluchistan. The Baluch dream that one day their port city will compete with Hongkong and Singapore, but the Pakistan Navy is eyeing to illegally occupy thousands of acres lands at the priceless port," the A.F.B. activists said. In a Press release Thursday, the U.S. embassy in Islamabad said: "The U.S. Mission to Pakistan is concerned about the continued provocative actions and false allegations against U.S. personnel working to implement the new partnership between the leaders of Pakistan and the United States. The U.S.Embassy today called for immediate action by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which has responsibility to facilitate proper arrangements under which a foreign mission may operate with full security. "In the most recent incident, on January 6, 2010, a U.S. Consulate General vehicle with two Pakistani employees of the Consulate and their Sindh police constable escort were detained on Wednesday when traveling in Gwadar. The staff was preparing for the upcoming visit of U.S. development assistance staff to one of Pakistan's most impoverished regions. The U.S. Embassy emphasizes that all U.S. vehicles in Pakistan are appropriately registered with the Pakistani authorities and carry at all times full documentation attesting to their legal status. The two Consulate employees and their police escort were carrying all the required documents and had met in Turbat with the Police Commissioner as part of their work. "Speaking in Karachi today, U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan Anne W. Patterson pointed out that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is obliged to provide proper arrangements in order to address the security concerns of foreign diplomats in Pakistan. The Ambassador offered assurances that American diplomats and their staff will comply with all Government of Pakistan procedures, but that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not yet implemented the agreed upon procedures. "The U.S. Mission renews its call on Government of Pakistan officials to implement immediately the mutually agreed upon procedures for the issuance of license plates to U.S. Mission vehicles and to cease these contrived incidents involving U.S. Mission vehicles and personnel." The American Friends of Baluchistan activists said Pakistan was holding the entire world hostage as the recent targetting of seven U.S. officials in Khost showed. "The killings in Khost were a clear indicator Pakistan military objectives are at odds with the idea of peace and stability in Afghanistan," the A.F.B. activists said. They said the mastermind of the December 30 incident was a former military commando from Kotli in the so-called Azad Kashmir, named Ilyas Kashmiri, who later switched to the infamous Inter Services Intelligence. "U.S. taxpayers have spent nearly a quarter trillion dollars to bring peace in Afghanistan, but the December 30 attack clearly shows Islamabad military generals keenly desire return of Taliban rule in Afghanistan," the two activists said. "Overwhelming majority of Baluch people want an end to the military occupation of Baluchistan by Pakistan. Now is the time for the U.S. to ask Islamabad to respect the aspirations of the Baluch people and withdraw its troops from Baluchistan," the two A.F.B. activists said. hey urged Richard Holbrooke, U.S. Special Representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan, to immediately open talks with Baluch independence leaders and to launch Voice of America Baluchi language service to effectively communicate with the Baluch masses. The A.F.B. supports Baluch nationalist demand of withdrawal of all Pakistani and Iranian troops from Occupied Baluchistan and considers Mir Hyrbyair Marri, Nawab Brahumdagh Bugti and Dr. Allah Nazar as Baluch national heroes. Texas-sized Baluchistan was annexed by Pakistan against the wishes of the Baluch people in March 1948 -- seven months after the British left India divided.