CHAMAN: According to security officials, one person was martyred, while 17 others including three children were
injured in unprovoked, cross-border
firing and shelling by Afghan forces in Chaman early Friday,
The unprovoke
d fire by Afghan forces began at 4 AM, sources said. Pakistani security forces effectively responded to the
firing and shelling from Afghan side.
Large contingents of Frontier Corps and Levies reached the area as soon as the vicinity came under heavy fire from across the border.
A mortar shell, which fell on a house in a village close to Chaman border, left at least seven civilians wounded. The
injured also included three children.
They were shifted to district hospital, where from two critically
injured pe
rsons were referred to Quetta.
There have been report
s of injuries to other civilians as well, sources added.
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