Title: At least 10 injured as Afghan Taliban again shell Chaman border area
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The Afghan Taliban again skirmished with Pakistani security forces at the Chaman border crossing on Thursday and fired mortars at civilian areas, injuring at least 10 people as tensions at the international crossing remained high.
Two shells fired by the Afghan Taliban landed in the Changaiz post area of the border among civilian residences.
Security sources said indiscriminate and intermittent firing continues from the Taliban side of the border.
The injured, including women and children, were brought to DHQ Hospital Chaman for medical treatment, Dr Malik Achakzai, the medical superintendent of the hospital told The Express Tribune.
Further, Dr Achakzai said that an emergency had been declared in the hospital to provide medical treatment to those injured in the attack.
Emergency declared in #ChamanHospital after an Exchange of fire between #Pakistani and #AfghanForces at #Chaman border pic.twitter.com/JaJfba4E28
— Syed Ali Shah (@alishahjourno) December 15, 2022
This is the second attack launched by the Afghan Taliban across the Chaman border.
Last week, the Afghan forces fired rockets across the Chaman border into Pakistani territory, killing six civilians while injuring over two dozen as the rockets landed in Killi Sheikh Lal Muhammad.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement that the Pakistani forces gave a measured response to the aggression to avoid any civilian casualties.
Pakistan approached the Afghan authorities in Kabul to highlight the severity of the situation and demanded strict action to obviate any such recurrence of the incident in the future.
The Afghan Taliban regime did not apologise for the unprovoked attack.
Read Afghan govt ‘apologised’ for Chaman incident
These incidents of violence across the border are further escalating tensions between the two neighbours since the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul.
The relationship between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban government is already tense due to the recent resurgence of terrorist attacks.
Pakistan says the Afghan interim government is not taking action against the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its affiliates.
Since the Taliban’s return to power, Pakistan has seen 51% more attacks as the TTP ended the ceasefire with Pakistan on November 28 and resumed its attacks.
There has been a surge in terrorist attacks in the country particularly in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Balochistan where the TTP has targeted the security forces.
Earlier this month, the head of the Pakistan diplomatic mission in Kabul narrowly survived an assassination attempt.
Published Date: 15-Dec-2022
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