Afghan Ministry of Interior on Thursday said that more forces have been stationed on the border with Pakistan and the forces are on standby.
The Ministry of Interior warns that if Pakistan’s military violation continues in the border area, Afghan security forces will strongly react against them.
Meanwhile, Kandahar police officials say that security forces in border areas with Pakistan are ready to respond to any threats and clash with Pakistani military.
Afghanistan border areas have been a shelling point of Pakistan’s artillery and even air attacks but at the height of the cable strained relations with Islamabad, Pakistani forces have attacked on border police checkpoints in Goshta District of Nangarhar province.
The attack has faced retaliation by Afghan border police with the mandate of Ministry of Interior on Wednesday night.
“This confrontation started when Pakistani military attacked on border police checkpoints and the border police responded to them strongly,”
Sediq Sediqi spokesperson of Ministry of Interior told TOLOnews.
“We believe the Pakistani forces will continue their violation, and if they make any attempt to attack on Afghanistan, police forces will respond to them strongly and currently border police forces are stationed in Goshta district,” he added.
On the other hand Kandahar border security officials declared their preparations against any kind of attack by Pakistani military.
“Border police are on standby in all border districts,” Kandahar police commander General Abdul Razaq told TOLOnews.
Some Afghan parties expressed appreciation to the stance that the Afghan forces have taken to defend the territorial integrity of their country.
“We appreciate this brave action, and believe that Pakistan and Afghanistan should solve these tensions via dialogue,” Member of Rights and Justice party Abbas Naweyan told TOLOnews.
Confronting of Afghan border police with Pakistani forces have followed appreciation by Afghan citizens inside and outside the country.
Afghans on Facebook and Twitter also praised the bravery of Afghan security forces to defend territorial integrity of Afghanistan.
“This is one of big responsibilities of the government to defend territorial integrity and national reputation of Afghanistan,”
President Karzai’s brother Mahmood Karzai told TOLOnews.
In the mean time, some Afghan border military officials claimed to have killed at least seven Pakistani soldiers in the clash which took place between Afghan and Pakistan Border Forces late Wednesday night in Goshta district of eastern Nangarhar province
One Afghan border police was killed and three others wounded, officials added.
“In this clash between Afghan and Pakistani border police, seven Pakistani soldiers were killed,” Afghanistan’s eastern border police commander said.
“During the clash, one Afghan border police was killed and three others wounded,” Deputy Governor Mohammad Hanif Girdiwal told TOLOnews.
Meanwhile, member of Internal Security Committee of Parliament Mohammad Naeem Lalai Hamidzai, Shakiba Hashimi and deputy head of NDS for Operation Dr Yasin Zia visited the area.
“Pakistan military moved forward 45km and the government had neglected in this regard,” Naeem Lalai said.
Afghanistan has the longest border with Pakistan and this border has always been full of risk for the security of the country. Alongside terrorists’ infiltration from Pakistan into Afghanistan, Pakistan’s military have also been problematic for Afghanistan.
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