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Afghan forces respond to shelling from across Durand Line, officials claim
[Khaama Press] The Afghan cops have responded to the heavy shelling from across the Durand Line in eastern Kunar province... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... of Afghanistan, the local officials said. Provincial security and government officials are saying that the retaliatory move by the Afghan border police has resulted into a reduction of the shelling over the populated areas. Kunar police chief Gen. Juma Gul Hemat said the Afghan border police forces responded to the shelling with heavy artillery fire. He said the shelling was done by the militia forces of Pakistain and in response the Afghan forces fired artillery shells on the compound of the Pakistain militias, apparently incurring casualties. Provincial governor wahidullah Kalimzai also confirmed the retaliatory move by the Afghan border police and said the shelling from the across the line has halted for the moment. This comes as the commander of the US forces in Afghanistan General John Nicholson who is also the commander of the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... -led Resolute Support Mission in reaction to the latest shelling by the Pak military had earlier said that the Pak military should share the information regarding the terror groups rather than opting to cross-border shelling. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-11-24 |
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