ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The Afghan security forces on Sunday night resorted to unprovoked firing on Pakistani side at Torkham gate which caused injury to a Pakistani soldier.
“Pakistani security forces responded to Afghan firing effectively,” the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a press release.
The ISPR said that the firing incident took place at about 2120 hours tonight (Sunday).
It may be mentioned that Torkham is the most frequented crossing point at Pak-Afghan border and recently even most of the terrorists have been found using this gate for entry. In order to check movement of terrorists through Torkham, Pakistan is constructing a gate on own side of the border as a necessity to check unwanted and illegal movement.
Pakistan asks Afghan govt to investigate firing incident at border
Meanwhile, Pakistan expressed its deep concerns over the reports of unprovoked firing incident at the Afghan border, expecting the Afghan government to immediately investigate into the matter.
“The Government of Pakistan expressed its deep concerns about the security of Pakistani soldiers near the border, in relation to the reports of unprovoked firing by Afghanistan’s security forces on Sunday,” said a statement issued on Sunday by a PM Office spokesman.
“We consider these unprovoked attacks unhelpful in Pak-Afghan relations and expect from the Afghan government to investigate this incident immediately,” the statement added.
