- Security officials say the ceasefire is in effect.
- It is said that the border crossing at Dosti Gate is open.
- Security on high alert after clash between Pak-Afghan forces.
A day later ClashesPakistan on Afghanistan border Chaman Security officials said the high security was functioning normally amid the alert. Geo News On Friday, he added that the ceasefire was in effect with the opening of the border crossing at Dosti Gate.
On Thursday, one person was killed and 15 people were injured due to unprovoked firing by the Afghan border forces on a civilian area on the Pakistani side.
According to the local administration, after the clashes, the border area was evacuated and emergency was imposed in DHQ Chaman.
Levies officials reported that the Afghan side fired several rounds of artillery at the civilian population around the Bogra Road and Custom House areas. He further said that the Pakistani forces have given a full response to the Afghan shelling.
Officials said that during the repair of the fence in Sheikh Lal Muhammad sector of the border, clashes took place due to the intervention of Afghan forces.
Afghanistan apologized.
This was the second time within a week that the Afghan border forces resorted to unprovoked and indiscriminate firing using heavy weapons on a civilian area in Chaman, Balochistan.
The border was reopened after the defense minister. Khawaja Muhammad Asif He said that the neighboring country has apologized for the incident.
During the last attackIn a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), it has been said that 6 people were killed and 17 injured.
According to the media wing of the army, the Afghan border forces used artillery and mortars in the attack.
The ISPR said that the Pakistani troops on the border gave a befitting response to the unprovoked aggression but refrained from targeting innocent civilians in the area.
On December 2, Obaidur Rehman Nizamani, the head of Pakistan’s mission in Kabul, survived an assassination attempt.
In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said there was an attack on the embassy compound in Kabul targeting the head of mission, but “by the grace of Allah, the head of mission is safe”.
However, a Pakistani security guard guarding soldier Asrar Muhammad Nizamani was seriously injured in the attack, the Foreign Office said.