[Dawn] Authorities in Afghanistan said Tuesday that one of their border posts came under a shelling attack from Pakistain, prompting Afghans to return fire in a clash that lasted for more than two hours.The incident, which reportedly caused no casualties, comes amid growing border tension between the neighbours, with Kabul alleging that Pak security forces have fired hundreds of rounds into Afghanistan in recent months.
Pak officials were not immediately available for comment but Islamabad has rejected similar allegations in recent past, saying Pak troops only respond to attacks from jihad boys.
Afghanistan and Pakistain typically blame each other for violence by Talibs plaguing both sides of their border, known as the Durand Line.
Afghanistan's interior ministry said Afghan border police and Pak security forces traded artillery fire in eastern Kunar province's
... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country.....
Dangam district on the frontline between the two countries, but there were no casualties.
"One of our border posts came under fire this morning from across the border. Our border police returned fire and the clash lasted for more than two hours," Najeeb Nikzad, an interior ministry front man, told AFP.
"No one has been hurt on our side and there are no reports of casualties on the other side either," he added.
He said Pak forces fired about 50 rounds -- 20 artillery and 27 mortar shells.
Afghanistan's parliament earlier this month dismissed the country's defence and interior ministers over alleged security failures, including the shelling of Afghan soil from Pakistain.
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's military force in Afghanistan last month condemned cross-border shelling from Pakistain, after Kabul warned that it could significantly harm relations between the strife-torn neighbours.