KARACHI: Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi on Sunday condemned “unprovoked” firing by Afghan forces along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, saying its forces gave a befitting response to the incursions.
The firefights broke out along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border late on Saturday when the Afghan Taliban attacked Pakistani posts, according to security officials from both countries. It followed an alleged Pakistani airstrike in Kabul this week.
Pakistani security officials said that they were responding “with full force” to what they called unprovoked firing from Afghanistan. The exchange of fire took place at more than six locations along the border, they said.
The Taliban forces said they captured three Pakistani border posts. Pakistani security officials said their military had destroyed several Afghan posts. Video footage shared by Pakistani security officials showed gun and artillery firing toward Afghanistan, lighting up the night sky.
“The firing by Afghan forces on civilian population is a blatant violation of international laws,” Pakistani Interior Minister Naqvi said in a statement.
