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| 2 Afghan civilians killed in Pakistani artillery shelling in Kunar |
| 2017-02-18 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least two non-combatants were killed in artillery shelling from the other side of Durand Line in eastern Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... of Afghanistan. According to the local security officials, the incident took place late on Thursday night after dozens of artillery shells were fired on Sarkano district. Provincial police front man Faridullah Dehqan said the shelling started at around 10:00 pm local time and continued for several hours. He said one of the rockets landed on a residential house in Sarkano district, leaving two members of a family dead. According to Dehqan, a woman and his 15-year-old son were among those killed in the shelling. The shelling started hours after a deadly kaboom destroyed a shrine in Sindh province of Pakistain and shortly after the military of Pakistain closed the routes connecting the two countries along the Durand Line. |
| Posted by:Fred |