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Pakistan says 2 security personnel wounded in mortar fire from Afghanistan
 [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Pak authorities have said two security personnel were maimed in mortar fire from Afghanistan, including a major and another security personal.The security officials quoted by local media have said at least nine shells were fired on the Ziarat checkpost at around 4.30pm. The officials further added that the injured personnel have been identified as Major Farrukh and Havaldar Imran Khan and said they had been taken to Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. by a helicopter. This comes as festivities erupted among the Afghan and Pak border forces in Goshta district of eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province. Local officials in Nangarhar said the clash erupted after the Afghan forces responded to heavy shelling by Pak military from across the Durand Line. The officials said a soldier of the Afghan Border Police lost his life and two others were maimed during the clash which continued for several hours. Clashes among the Afghan and Pak forces along the Durand Line have not been rare as numerous incidents have taken place in the past. A similar incident took place in Goshta district earlier last month following Pak militia forces attack in Anarki area of Goshta district. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-25 |
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