Pakistani security man killed near Afghan border area: ISPR

Firing from Afghanistan killed one Pakistani security person on Sunday at the Pak-Afghan border area near Bajaur tribal region, according to a statement issued by the Inter Services Public relations (ISPR). It was not clear whether the cross-border firing was conducted by Afghan security personnel or militants. “We don't have more information yet. We can only confirm that a security official was killed because of firing across the border in Bajaur region,” said a senior military official when contacted for details. At least five Pakistanis, including a woman, were killed and 25 other wounded when Afghan National Army personnel opened fire at a border village in Zhob district in September last year. Earlier on May 2013, Pakistan had summoned the most senior Afghan diplomat in the country to protest over similar border skirmishes that had reportedly left five Pakistani security personnel wounded. In another incident in August 2012, security personnel from both countries entered a two-hour-long clash, which had caused no casualties but strained relations between the two countries. Afghanistan and Pakistan typically blame each other for violence by Taliban militants plaguing both sides of their border, known as the Durand Line.