The foreign secretary informed the Afghan ambassador about Pakistan’s stance on the incident. Calling them unhelpful and unproductive, Jilani said such attacks would only harm the conducive environment that Pakistan was trying to create for promotion of peace and stability in the region.
He strongly urged the Afghan government to take appropriate measures to prevent recurrence of similar incidents in future.
According to military sources, the Afghan National Army troops had fired mortar rounds on November 11 from the Khuja Khadar (KK) Top checkpost in Afghanistan, which hit a civilian vehicle some two kilometres north of the Naray area of South Waziristan.
As a result, five people were killed. The victims were local villagers who were returning home after collecting firewood near the Pak-Afghan border.
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