The Pakistan Army has said that the unfortunate rise in violent incidents on both sides of Pak-Afghan border is meant to "derail Afghanistan peace process".
"Pakistan earnestly believes that both countries deserve peace and progress. Together we will defeat all spoilers," Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Babar Iftikhar said in a tweet on Thursday.
Unfortunate rise in violent incidents on both sides of Pak-Afghan Border is meant to derail Afghanistan Peace Process. #Pakistan earnestly believes that both countries deserve peace and progress. Together we will defeat all spoilers.
— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) September 10, 2020
On July 30, at least two people were killed and 20 injured after shots were fired on protesters who stormed a quarantine centre at the border gate over not being allowed to enter the neighbouring country.
A woman was among those slain in the incident as protesters set ablaze the quarantine centre, set up along the Pak-Afghan Bab-e-Dosti gate, for Covid-19 patients.
A day after the incident occurred, Pakistan had said that the firing incident at its border with Afghanistan in Chaman, which resulted in casualties, was an act of self-defence to protect the local population.
After the incident the border crossing was closed but after negotiations, it was reopened in August.
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