Three children among 10 injured in Afghan shelling on Pakistani side
A mortar shell fell on a house in a village close to Chaman border.
CHAMAN (Dunya News) – At least ten people including women and children were injured in unprovoked firing and shelling by Afghan forces in Chaman in southwest Balochistan province early Friday.
Reportedly, the Afghan forces targeted Pakistani checkposts with light and heavy weapons at around 4:00 am. Some mortar shells fell on nearby homes, injuring seven persons including three children who were swiftly moved to District Headquarters Hospital (DHQ).
Pakistani security forces also effectively retaliated to Afghan aggression.
Emergency was declared in the vicinity while people living the bordering villages were instructed to move to safer locations.
Soon after the incident, Pakistani security forces shut Bab-e-Dosti and blocked main road in Garang area.
In February, the Pakistani military closed border crossings with Afghanistan after a suicide bomber, allegedly from a militant group operating out of Afghanistan, killed nearly 90 people at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sehwan.
In March, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif ordered the reopening of border crossings following talks between security officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan.
