ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah expressed concern over cross-border attack by Afghan Border Forces (AFB) onto civilian population in Chaman Balochistan that resulted in martyrdom of six civilians and injured 17 others. While condemning attack, he requested Balochistan government to support affected.

Earlier, six civilians were martyred due to unprovoked and indiscriminate fire of heavy weapons by Afghan Border Forces onto civilian population in Chaman Balochistan, militry's media wing said.

Pakistan has also approached Afghan authorities in Kabul to highlight severity of situation and demanded strict action to obviate any such recurrence of incident in future, it further said.

It was closed last month after an armed Afghan reportedly crossed onto Pakistan's side of border and opened fire on security troops, martyring a soldier and injuring another two. Taliban-led government in Afghanistan termed event 'sad' and reportedly assigned high-level delegation to probe incident and find perpetrator.

Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 12 2022

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