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Clashes underway after Pakistani troops open fire on Afghan border police
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Clashes broke out Thursday night between Afghan security forces and Pakistani troops along the Durand Line in Mohmand Dara district in Nangarhar province, officials have confirmed.
According to the Nangarhar governor’s spokesman Attaullah Khogyani, Pakistani troops opened fire on Afghan border police when they tried to stop the Pakistani soldiers from erecting a barbed-wire fence.
Khogyani said clashes are ongoing and local residents in Ghoraki have fled the area.
A border police source told Ariana News that at least one Afghan border policeman has been killed and three others wounded.
