According to reports, shooting incidents occurred near the Chaman border on Thursday, injuring at least eight persons.
The injured were transferred to the Chaman District Headquarters Hospital, according to Dr. Waseem Baig. The media coordinator for the Balochistan Health Department.
In light of the existing circumstance, the official said that an emergency had been declared at the hospitals in Chaman.
While the official did not specify that the firing came from across the border, senior government sources requesting anonymity said that the firing originated from inside Afghanistan and that there were reports of women and children being injured.
Pakistan Officials
Balochistan Minister for Home Affairs Mir Ziaullah Langove denounced the event in a statement and asked the deputy commissioner for a report. He asserted that the army was capable of protecting the nation’s boundaries.
“We support maintaining a cordial relationship with our neighbours. Do not consider our wish for peace to be a sign of weakness, he said.
The event occurred four days after Chaman, which was subjected to intense gunfire and artillery shelling by Afghan border forces. Claimed at least seven lives and injured 16 others.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Pakistani military responded “appropriately” but “measuredly,” avoiding civilian targets on the opposing side and describing the incident as “uncalled-for aggression.”
Later, according to Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Asif. The Afghan interim administration had apologised to that country for the event and said that the “issue is now addressed.”
Defense minister @KhawajaMAsif told the National Assembly, albeit falsely, that Taliban had apologized & vowed not to attack Pakistan again. He went as long as demanding recognition of the terrorist regime. But Taliban continue doing what they are best at. https://t.co/XzRpWTiSah
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The Pakistani-Afghan border crossing at Chaman was shut down for an indeterminate period last month. When an armed Afghan approached Pakistani security personnel at Friendship Gate and opened fire, killing one soldier and injuring two others.
According to official sources the Pakistani and Afghan forces engaged in a firefight for more than an hour.
Following the incident, the border was closed. Which led to the cessation of trade between the two nations, including transit trade through Afghanistan. After being closed for a week, Pakistan reopened its border with Afghanistan at Chaman on November 22. The decision to reopen the border was taken at a meeting between Pakistani border authorities. And Taliban officials.
