Afghanistan, Pakistan Trade Shelling Charges
From Reuters
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan —
More than 100 civilians were killed or wounded by shelling from Pakistan into the eastern Afghan province of Paktia during a 12-day period last month, Afghanistan’s official Kabul radio said Wednesday night.
The radio, monitored in Islamabad, quoted a protest note from the Afghan Foreign Ministry as saying the shelling by Pakistani artillery and Pakistan-based Afghan rebels took place from March 11 to 23.
Pakistan, meanwhile, accused Afghanistan of shelling a Pakistani border area on March 30.
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