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‘Unprovoked’ firing from Afghan forces kills civilians: Pakistan

A man injured in the shelling is transported to a hospital in Chaman, Pakistan [AP Photo]

At least six civilians have been killed by “unprovoked” firing from Afghan forces near the Chaman border, Pakistan’s military said, in the latest deadly flare-up at the border between the neighbouring countries.

The Pakistani army’s media wing said on Sunday that the fire wounded 17 people, and it blamed the casualties on the “unprovoked and indiscriminate fire” of heavy weapons by Afghan forces on civilians.

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