Kabul urges end to Pakistani border attacks

Kabul: Afghanistan urged an end to
cross-border attacks from Pakistan in a foreign ministry
statement today, saying such incidents could affect "improving
trust and cooperation".

"The ministry of foreign affairs of Afghanistan
expresses its serious concern about the continuing Pakistani
artillery shelling of Afghan villages in Kunar and Nangarhar
provinces," it said.

The statement added that in the latest of a string of
incidents, four children were killed late yesterday in the
northeastern province of Kunar by Pakistani shelling.

PTI