Afghanistan-Pakistan
Afghanistan Army asks security personnel to be ready to return fire against Pakistan
Kabul: Afghanistan Army has directed its personnel to prepare for retaliatory fire against the Pakistani military after cross border shelling killed nine Afghan civilians and left 50 others wounded.
According to a Defense Ministry statement, at least nine civilians were killed and 50 others were injured during an overnight artillery attack which targeted residential areas in the Spin Boldak district of the Kandahar province on the Afghanistan border with Pakistan, reports Al Arabiya.
“The Afghan Army Chief of Staff General Yasin Zia directed all Army corps, including Atal 205, Selab 201 and Thunder 203 to get ready for activities against Pakistani forces and to equip Afghan troops who are stationed along the Durand Line,” the statement was quoted by the news portal.
Dozens of Afghanistan people were injured in the incident.
They are undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kandahar.
Doctors treating the patients said some of the injured people are children.
Eyewitnesses of the incident told Al Arabiya that seven members of one family were killed in the attack and a child from the family was wounded and is being treated at Kandahar hospital.
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