巴基斯坦周三表示，在阿富汗军队据称在两国共同边界沿线诉诸“无端”开火并造成至少一名平民死亡、另外五人受伤后，巴基斯坦军队正在做出“沉重”回应。
Pakistan said Wednesday that its forces are responding "heavily" after Afghan forces allegedly resorted to "unprovoked" firing along their shared border, killing at least one civilian and injuring another five.
这两个邻国之间的最新一场炮战发生在巴基斯坦南瓦济里斯坦部落区沿线，该地区与阿富汗东部的帕克蒂亚省和帕蒂卡省接壤。对于伊斯兰堡的说法，喀布尔没有立即作出回应。
The latest artillery duel between the two neighbors was fought along Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal district, which borders Afghanistan's eastern provinces of Paktia and Paktika. There was no immediate response from Kabul to Islamabad's claim.
南瓦济里斯坦副专员在美国社交媒体公司X上表示，阿富汗军队周二晚间向平民房屋进行了“无端”射击。
The deputy commissioner of South Waziristan, on US social media company X, said that Afghan forces on Tuesday night fired "unprovoked" on civilian houses.
他补充说：“一枚迫击炮弹导致一名平民死亡、五人受伤，许多店铺受损。”
"One civilian killed, five injured by a mortar round, many shops damaged," he added.
他说，边境上的巴基斯坦军队“已经并将继续做出有效且沉重的回应”。近年来，随着巴基斯坦发生一系列武装分子袭击事件，两国邻国关系日益紧张。
Pakistani forces on the border, he said, "have and are responding effectively and heavily." Relations between two neighbors have grown increasingly strained in recent years amid a series of militant attacks in Pakistan.
巴基斯坦指责印度和阿富汗庇护参与在其境内发动袭击的武装分子集团。喀布尔和新德里均否认这一指控。
Pakistan accuses India and Afghanistan of patronizing militant groups involved in attacks on its soil Both Kabul and New Delhi reject the accusation.
另外，巴基斯坦军方在周三的一份声明中声称，在西南部俾路支省的两起独立安全行动中击毙了九名“恐怖分子”。
Separately, in a Wednesday statement, Pakistan’s army claimed to have killed nine "terrorists" in two separate security operations in its southwestern Balochistan province.