Summary Pakistani forces claimed to have killed 50 Afghan border troops and wounding 100
WEB DESK – Afghan ambassador to Pakistan Dr Omar Zakhilwal took to twitter to deny the claims made by Pakistani forces after border tensions escalate between the two countries.
It is worth mentioning here that Pakistani forces claimed to have killed 50 Afghan border troops and wounding 100.
Pakistan also claimed to that the five posts have also been destroyed in sporadic clashes since Friday near.
Afghan envoy cleared out through a series of tweets that only two soldiers were killed and seven others injured.
"Woke up to celebratory front page headlines today on all Pakistan papers saying Pakistan killed 50 Afghan soldiers and injured 100 in Chaman clash," Zakhilwal commented through his twitter account.
He went on to say that Pakistan’s claims were made based over the basis of information provided by the Pak Army and FC south command.
Inspector General (IG) Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan Maj Gen Nadeem Anjum on Sunday claimed to have killed 50 Afghan security personnel as Pakistani forces responded to unprovoked firing by Afghan border forces in Chaman area.
1/4: Woke up to celebratory front page headlines today on all Pak papers saying Pak killed 50 Afg soldiers & injured 100 in Chaman clash.
— Dr Omar Zakhilwal (@DrOmarZakhilwal) May 8, 2017
2/4: Was based on info provided by Pak army and FC south command. Truth is only 2 Afg soldiers got Shaheed and about 7 injured.
— Dr Omar Zakhilwal (@DrOmarZakhilwal) May 8, 2017
3/4: However, even two lives are too many if our claim for seeking good neighbourly relations is genuine & if we mean well for each other.
— Dr Omar Zakhilwal (@DrOmarZakhilwal) May 8, 2017
4/4: Chaman clash left casualties, deaths & injured, on Pak side too but we instead of celebrating called it unfortunate & regrettable.
— Dr Omar Zakhilwal (@DrOmarZakhilwal) May 8, 2017
