Afghan foreign ministry summons Pakistan ambassador, lodges protest over firing

Afghan foreign ministry summoned Pakistan's ambassador to Afghanistan, Sayed Ibrar Hussain on Thursday and protested over what it described indiscriminate firing by Pakistani forces on Afghan Border Police on Tuesday night which left an Afghan border security personnel dead.

"The deputy to foreign ministry, Hekmat Khalil Karzai while conveying Afghanistan's concerns and protest to Pakistani ambassador, pointed out that firing by Pakistani forces on Afghan side is against international laws and diplomatic norms, warning repetition of such acts would damage the bilateral efforts for improving mutual relations and co-existence between the two neighboring states," a statement of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs released here said.

Afghan official also called upon Pakistani government to take immediate step for halting such provoking actions, the statement added.

An Afghan border police personnel named Najibullah, according to media reports, was allegedly killed by firing from across the border in Barmal district of Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province two nights ago. Endi