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Clash resumes on contested Afghan, Pakistan border area - officials

by Reuters
Monday, 6 May 2013 05:22 GMT

JALALABAD, Afghanistan, May 6 (Reuters) - Afghan and Pakistan troops exchanged fire on Monday at a contested border area in eastern Afghanistan days after an Afghan border policeman was killed, Afghan officials said.

Two senior officials from Nangarhar province where the clash took place told Reuters that fighting resumed after Pakistani troops attempted to repair a gate damaged in the previous clash.

The clash on Thursday, in the border district of Goshta, drew nationwide condemnation in Afghanistan, and saw protests in the east and in the capital, Kabul.

(Reporting by Rafiq Sherzad; Editing by Robert Birsel)

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