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Published 03 Dec, 2011 01:27am

Another skirmish at Afghan border

CHITRAL, Dec 2: Some miscreants from Nooristan area of Afghanistan opened indiscriminate firing on Pakistani territory on Friday morning which was repulsed readily by the security forces.

Chitral DCO Rahmatullah Wazir confirmed the firing incident and said that it was of trivial nature which did not result in any casualty on our side. No further information could be gathered about the incident from any other source till filing of this report.

Meanwhile, the residents of Drosh town took out a protest rally after Friday prayers against the firing incident on border.

The speakers Qari Jamal Abdul Nasir, Haji Mohammad Shifa, Mir Aslam Khan and others condemned the miscreants for their nefarious designs to destroy Chitral peace.

They expressed satisfaction over the security arrangements along the Afghan border to ward off Afghan attacks from Nooristan side of Afghanistan.

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