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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Islamabad, Feb. 25 (Xinhua) — Pakistani Prime Minister's Foreign Media Spokesman Mosarraf Zaidi said on Tuesday that the country has responded to unprovoked shelling from Afghanistan along the Pakistan-Afghan border.
According to him, the Afghan side opened fire without any reason in Torkham and Tire in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan.
Pakistani security forces responded immediately and effectively to the shelling, Zaidi said, adding that the country will continue to protect its citizens and its territorial integrity.
Afghan Defense Ministry Deputy Spokesman Sediqullah Nusrat told Xinhua that the clash occurred when Pakistani troops opened fire on Afghan troops conducting a routine patrol in the area. –0–
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