RAWALPINDI: In an unprovoked firing opened by an Afghan sentry at Chaman border, two persons including a child were killed and another child was injured on Wednesday.
According to military’s media wing, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR): “On October 4, at 1600 hours, an Afghan sentry employed at Friendship Gate of Chaman Border Crossing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Balochistan opened unprovoked and indiscriminate firing at pedestrians moving from Pakistan to Afghanistan.”
The ISPR said the incident occurred at the outbound gate located on the zero line.
“Own troops exercised extreme restraint and avoided any exchange of fire in the presence of innocent passengers to avoid collateral damage,” it stated.
The statement said the authorities have demanded of the Afghan authorities to arrest the sentry snd hand him over to Pakistan and avoid such incident in the future.
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