ASADABAD (Pajhwok): A 12-year-old boy was killed after Pakistani forces fired rockets into Sarkano district of eastern Kunar province, sources said on Wednesday.
First Border Brigade spokesman Hamdillah told Pajhwok Afghan News said a boy was killed and several animals perished in the rocket strike from Pakistan. He said if such attacks continued, Afghan forces would retaliate.
Barakatullah, a resident of Gulab Pari area of Sarkano district, told Pajhwok that his 12-year-old son was killed in the Pakistani shelling on Tuesday.
“It was 2pm. My son was grazing cattle when hit by a rocket and died . . .
