KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan border policeman was killed in what appeared to be an exchange of fire with Pakistani troops along the country’s eastern border, an Afghan security official said today.
Pakistani forces fired artillery rounds late Wednesday at Afghan border police in the Goshta district of eastern Nangarhar province, according to Interior Ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi. In an ensuing five-hour firefight, one border policeman was killed, he said.
But a Pakistani military official who confirmed the exchange of fire said it involved Afghan militants firing at his country’s border forces.
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