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2 killed, 21 injured in Pakistan-Afghanistan clash in Kandahar

By ANI | Updated: July 30, 2020 22:15 IST

At least two people were killed and 21 injured in a clash between Pakistani and Afghan forces in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province on Thursday.

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At least two people were killed and 21 injured in a clash between Pakist and Afghan forces in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province on Thursday.

"Pakist and Afghan forces clashed in Spin Boldak, Kandahar province. At least 2 passengers on the Afghan side killed. Clashes on going, sources in Kandahar province tells me," tweeted an Afghan-based journalist Bilal Sarwary.

Giving further details about the incident, Sarwary said in a later tweet, "First Pakist forces opened fire on protestors, the protestors and Pakist forces clashed. At least 2 civilians killed and at least 21 civilians wounded. At the moment Afghan and Pakist forces are exchanging gunfire, a tribal elder and a trader in Spin Boldak tells me."

( With inputs from ANI )

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