Firing from Afghanistan kills 5 Pakistanis on border
A woman and her two brothers are among the deceased.
Five Pakistanis were killed in Afghan firing on the Pak-Afghan border. PHOTO: PPI/FILE
ZHOB:
Afghan firing on the Pak-Afghan border left five Pakistanis dead, Express News reported on Wednesday.
A woman and her two brothers are among the deceased in this incident of unprovoked firing that took place in Zhob.
On August 1, ten mortar shells were fired from Afghanistan in South Waziristan, injuring a woman and two children.
The mortar shells were fired near the Angoor Adda area.
A senior Pakistani diplomat had met with the Afghan government on May 6 this year to discuss the escalation of cross-border firing.
Kabul had accused Islamabad of playing a double game in supporting Taliban insurgent attacks on US and Afghan troops. Pakistan had denied the allegations.
Afghan firing on the Pak-Afghan border left five Pakistanis dead, Express News reported on Wednesday.
A woman and her two brothers are among the deceased in this incident of unprovoked firing that took place in Zhob.
On August 1, ten mortar shells were fired from Afghanistan in South Waziristan, injuring a woman and two children.
The mortar shells were fired near the Angoor Adda area.
A senior Pakistani diplomat had met with the Afghan government on May 6 this year to discuss the escalation of cross-border firing.
Kabul had accused Islamabad of playing a double game in supporting Taliban insurgent attacks on US and Afghan troops. Pakistan had denied the allegations.