Two innocent Pakistanis, including a twelve years old child embraced martyrdom in an unprovoked firing by an Afghan sentry employed at the Friendship Gate of Chaman Border Crossing on Wednesday.
According to ISPR, the incident occurred at the outbound gate located on the zero line along the Pakistan-Afghanistan Border in Balochistan when the Afghan sentry opened unprovoked and indiscriminate firing at pedestrians moving from Pakistan to Afghanistan. Another child got injured in the incident.
Own troops exercised extreme restraint and avoided any exchange of fire in presence of innocent passengers to avoid collateral damage.
Dead bodies of the deceased have been shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital Chaman and the injured child, who was immediately evacuated by security forces, is under treatment.
Afghan authorities have been approached to inquire the reason of such irresponsible and reckless act, apprehend and hand over the culprit to Pakistani authorities.
The Afghan authorities are also expected to exercise control over its troops and impart discipline to act responsibly in order to avoid recurrence of such incidents in future.
Pakistan remains committed to contribute towards peace, prosperity and development through positive and constructive bilateral relations; however, such unpleasant occurrences have the potential to harm the sincere intent and purpose.
Source: Radio Pakistan