{"id":134726,"date":"2022-12-12T10:46:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T15:46:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=134726"},"modified":"2022-12-12T10:46:52","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T15:46:52","slug":"the-taliban-shells-pakistani-border-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=134726","title":{"rendered":"The Taliban shells Pakistani border town"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Omar-so-until-Islam-is-implemented-in-Pakistan-and-Afghanistan-caliphate-across-the-world-jihad-continue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-129633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Omar-so-until-Islam-is-implemented-in-Pakistan-and-Afghanistan-caliphate-across-the-world-jihad-continue-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Omar-so-until-Islam-is-implemented-in-Pakistan-and-Afghanistan-caliphate-across-the-world-jihad-continue-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Omar-so-until-Islam-is-implemented-in-Pakistan-and-Afghanistan-caliphate-across-the-world-jihad-continue-500x321.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Omar-so-until-Islam-is-implemented-in-Pakistan-and-Afghanistan-caliphate-across-the-world-jihad-continue-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Omar-so-until-Islam-is-implemented-in-Pakistan-and-Afghanistan-caliphate-across-the-world-jihad-continue.jpg 777w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Taliban forces shelled a town on the Pakistan side of the border, killing seven people. This event was part of a series of hostile incidents. The shelling wounded 16 individuals. The Taliban pointed to clashes involving checkpoints being constructed on Afghanistan&#8217;s side of the border. The Taliban further claimed that the two sides exchanged gunfire.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">From the Associated Press:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Pakistani army\u2019s media wing initially said six died in Sunday\u2019s shelling, but the death toll later rose to seven. Sixteen others were wounded, the army said, blaming the casualties on the \u201cunprovoked and indiscriminate fire\u201d of heavy weapons by Afghan forces on civilians.<\/p>\n<p>In Afghanistan, a spokesman for Kandahar\u2019s governor, Ataullah Zaid, appeared to link the clashes between Pakistani and Taliban forces with the construction of new checkpoints on the Afghan side of the border.<\/p>\n<p>He said one Taliban fighter was killed and 10 were wounded. Three civilians were also wounded, he added.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan\u2019s army said troops responded to Afghan fire, but did not give further details. It said Pakistan has approached authorities in the Afghan capital, Kabul, to highlight the severity of the border incident.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Akhtar Mohammad, a doctor with a government-run hospital in Chaman, told The Associated Press that live rounds wounded a total of 27 people who were brought to the hospital for treatment. He said seven were in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>A resident on Pakistan\u2019s side of the border, Wali Mohammad took his wounded cousin to the hospital in Chaman. He said there were a number of explosions followed by rapid gunfire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were in the street like any other day off, when suddenly, a big explosion was heard and debris hit many people, including one of my cousins,\u201d said Mohammad.<\/p>\n<p>Criticizing the Taliban, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif tweeted on Monday: \u201cThe Afghan Interim government should ensure that such incidents are not repeated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A deadly shooting in November shuttered the border at Chaman for eight days, causing heavy commercial losses and leaving thousands of people stranded on both sides.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Associated Press has additional <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pakistan-fires-taliban-government-afghanistan-daa56ca6a6589e0def9911429931e82d\">information<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliban forces shelled a town on the Pakistan side of the border, killing seven people. 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