‘Kabul’s interim govt apologises to Pakistan’
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Islamabad: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that interim government in Kabul has apologised to Pakistan for firing by Afghan Border Forces on civilian population in Balochistan’s Chaman district day earlier, clarifying that “matter is now resolved”. At least seven people lost their lives and 16 others suffered injuries on Sunday in Chaman when it came under “unprovoked and indiscriminate” heavy gunfire and artillery shelling by Afghan border forces, according to military’s media affairs wing. Incident has been widely condemned across political divide in Pakistan.
Addressing matter in National Assembly session, Asif said that “provocation at Chaman was from Afghan side”.
Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 13 2022
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