The Chaman border between Pakistan and Afghanistan has reopened, according to defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, after the neighbouring nation expressed regret for the event that claimed the lives of six Pakistani people and injured 17 others.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations, the incident happened on Sunday after Afghan border forces fired unprovoked and indiscriminately into a civilian location in Chaman, Balochistan (ISPR).
Speaking to journalists in Islamabad, Asif claimed that when Afghanistan opened fire on people, Pakistani security forces attacked a checkpoint in the neighbouring nation as reprisal.
To prevent such incidents, he said, a committee of border security forces has been established. Additionally, the minister rejected negotiations with the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The state minister for foreign affairs, Hina Rabbani Khar, was singled out for criticism in remarks made by Jamaat-e-Islami MNA Abdul Akbar Chitrali.
He argued that performance should be used to evaluate people rather than their gender. “The comments were inappropriate.”
Despite being dispatched to Afghanistan, according to the JI minister, Khar’s visit had a negative effect.
Following the Prime Ministry Shehbaz Sharif’s description of the Chaman incident as “unfortunate” and request for the Afghan government to “guarantee that similar tragedies are not repeated,” the minister responded.
The prime minister criticised the Afghan Border Forces’ unprovoked shelling and firing at Chaman border , which caused several Pakistani residents to lose their lives and injured more than a dozen others.
