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| Afghan shells hit Pakistan village: officials |
| 2010-06-05 |
| [Dawn] Afghan forces fired five artillery shells across the border into a Pakistani village, damaging two homes but causing no casualties, officials said Friday. The incident took place in the Khyber district in northwest Pakistan that straddles the Nato supply line into Afghanistan and is hotbed of both Taliban fighters and other smaller homegrown militia. The shells exploded Thursday in Pastokai village, about 20 kilometres (13 miles) south of the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan, officials said. "Five artillery shells fired by the Afghan army hit the village," Shafirullah Khan, the top administrative official of Khyber, told AFP. Asked whether Pakistan had lodged any protest with the Afghan government the official said: "We reported the matter to the interior ministry and now they will take further action". An intelligence official in Landi Kotal, the main border town of Khyber, told AFP that two shells landed in the village damaging two houses, while three slammed into nearby waste land. There were no casualties, he said. "According to our report, the shells were fired by the Afghan army in Nangarhar province", the intelligence official added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 The first thought that came to mind is what the Afghan forces were responding to, when they fired those artillery shells. The Pakistanis are awfully fond of firing first. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-06-05 23:57 |
| #2 I dunno. Why don't you ask him? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2010-06-05 22:56 |
| #1 The Afghans know who the true enemy is ie.Pakistan.Does obama? |
| Posted by: Paul D 2010-06-05 06:43 |