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2,000 families affected by violent border clash at Chaman, says disaster management authority
Unprovoked firing by Afghan border forces on Friday affected more than 2,000 families living near the Pak-Afghan border in Chaman, the director general of Balochistan's provincial disaster management authority (PDMA), Muhammad Tariq, said while addressing a press conference on Saturday.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Chaman Qaisar Khan said residents of villages located at the border had been instructed to evacuate.
"Announcements in mosques have been made and pamphlets have been distributed in this regard," the DC said.
19 PDMA trucks carrying relief goods had reached Chaman to ensure the provision of basic commodities, tents and blankets to the affected families, the DG PDMA said.
Relief goods worth Rs40 million were dispatched to the Pak-Afghan border at Chaman, he said.
"We can assure timely support to our brothers in this hour of trouble", the DG PDMA said.
He said the district administration had also been directed to assess the damages resulting from the firing by Afghan forces.
Mud-walled houses in particular had been severely damaged in Killi Luqman and Killi Jehangir when Afghan forces attacked FC personnel guarding census staff.
At least 12 people, including two Frontier Corps personnel, five children and three women were killed in the hostilities, which started in the early hours of Friday.
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Afghan Muslim and ethnic brotherhood at its peak. Almighty help those who have to face the wreath of some stupid decisions made on behest of those who have their vested agenda
What a great tragedy?
Result of weak foreign policy....
Close the border for indefinite periord untill the culprits are punished or handed over to Pakistan.
The situation would need thorough investigation untill that borders should be closed in retaliation.
Again and again and it will happen again! No matter if we say millions times that Afghans are our Muslim brother but the fact is that the damaged Afghans have done in last two days to themselves, to us is huge. Therefore the fact will remains same, and we must take serious and immediate measures to protect our people and land. We must close the border and shut all trade with them.
I am surprised that there was no retaliation from our government! So many innocent people killed!Pakistan Army should have responded in kind so that this would never happen again!
They have already said sorry.
2000 families affected by such clashes but our designated PM+FM is abjectly silence on the matter. No strong protest, no threat of retaliation or sanctions. It is business as usual towards ungrateful Afghan as if it is such a small matter, so it should be ignored.
No wonder Afghan's ridicule Pakistani overtures and don't seem too grateful for our largess and generosity toward 3 million Afghans who lived in Pakistan for nearly three decades.
A Mistake by Afghan Border Guards.
Still unable to understand why Afghanistan would commit such an act.
This all happens when we are stuck with a spineless leadership in Pakistan!!
Is it failure of foreign policy ? What are the initiatives of our foreign office ?
@M. Emad It is always mistake when any else country except Pakistan is involved innocent people have lost their lives homes damaged and that too when Afghan authorities were told in advance about the census in the region. It is height that India respected Pakistani request when Indian authorities were informed that census teams will visit the areas adjacent to LOC. It is not mistake it is deliberate act stemmed from the illusion of Afghanistan about Durand line which is international border between two countries
@other side Have you ever got chance to have some chat with any Afghan in your life? If you get an opportunity you will be astonished by their version of history based on all illusions no matter it is Afghan economy, border, ethnic division, wars etc. I have strong belief that it is possible to get along with India no matter how tense relations we have as compared to Afghanistan no matter how many common things we have as at least you can talk with Indians with logic and facts. This current attack stems from the very same illusion about Durand line which is border between two countries
@Raja farhat abbas absolutely true!
Result of 40 years of hospitality ...
Pakistan and Afghanistan are neighbourly countries. They should avoid conflict and instead resolve their differences through talk.
Pakistan can not allow a third-rate country like Afgjanistan to threaten it's citizens. Any borderpost firing upon our citizens pr armed forves must be eliminated by brute force, this must include eastern border as well.
@SSSH hospitality !
A simple answer to this act is "Close borders" and let their Indian friends help them.
Afghanistan have already started the same border policy against pakistan as india have. Both the countries voilates the border rules and fires over innocents after some couple of days. afghan have created similar environment. So need to be treated the same as india. Because they have extremely strong feelings of dislikes against pakistan than indians.
@Salmam
Afghans are not brother by any imagination. From get go they have sided with India and Afghanistan is the only nation that opposed Pakistan entry to United Nations.
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad What goes around comes around.
we should close borders and start expelling the refugees; anyone who comes back again, should be sent to labour camps. if our pm wants to open borders, he should also be expelled with refugees
PM Nawaz Sharif, COAS Bajwa are you watching this?!
Great. Keep the brothers coming and pay the price.
Action is needed to stop these rowdy Afghan border troops. Diplomacy is not working
@oricle And innocent civilians take the brunt of this stupidity
What is Afghan government's reason? What do they tell themselves to feel ok about killing civilians?
It has become quite common now to hear such news about unprovoked firing from across the border with India, Afghanistan and sometime even Iran. These countries are our neighbor and surely this shows that we are not in good relation with our neighbor. This is a time to take it seriously and try to reconsider our foreign and strategic policy. In today's world one cannot live alone because all neighboring countries are interdependent on each other.
@oricle Well my dear time will tell who was playing muddy and dirty at the cost of innocent life for their vested agendas. Few names will remain in history of this conflict USA, USSR, KSA, INDIA, Pakistan and Iran. Obviously Afghanistan is no where as neither they nor anyone thought they are to be considered in all this conflict. It was never Pakistan who started this it was never Pakistan who created non state actors and funded them in the start as Mujahdeen were hosted in White House, it was never Pakistan who funded them it was money of KSA, it was never Pakistan who was involved in 9/11 all were from KSA and list is long. Our problem was that we were neighbor with a very strong religious and ethnic bonds and to tell you yet another thing Pakistan support ethnic Pukhtoons not Taliban. But time will tell who was ruined the real chance of PEACE and pushed Afghanistan to hell again
Seal the border indefinitely.
I thought they ( Afghan ) are our brother and a member of our umma. Why they become so violent. We fed them, clothed them and sheltered them when no one was there for them. What a sad story of betrayal.
Now on be a Pakistani only. Take care of Pakistanis and no one else. Let the politicians spend their own money to help foreign needy of their choosing.
Violence is part and parcel of our nation. There not a single day without violence.
@Falcon1 2000 Families have become refugees i.e. they have been asked to move from their homes. This order of moving from their homes is not understandable. Who will benefit from this move? Surely, the people affected will be angry at this order of moving from their homes and becoming refugees. Such extreme actions will create a breeding ground of so-called terrorists. Will the Government stop such extreme action affecting the lives of common people?
Agree the Duran Line... and it will stop...
@Khurram after sorry they start again
afghani are not our brothers they are brothers of India, Pakistan must send out all afghanis refugees in there country, and seal the border, no time for job
What are the 40 gdp consuming armwd forces doing to protect those who could have been educated by those funds.
We are settling lots of out siders in our territories.
@Salmam we don't say and accept what we actually did with Afghans and Afghanistan. We need to come clean and introspect.
@M. Emad Really!!