• Rockets fired by Pakistani forces kill six Afghans: official

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    Rockets fired by Pakistani forces kill six Afghans: official

    Digital Desk: Several Afghan children and a woman were killed
    when Pakistani forces fired rockets along the border in a pre-dawn attack
    Saturday, officials and residents said.



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    color:#424242">Afghanistan has been facing border tensions since the Taliban
    seized power last year, with Pakistan alleging that militant groups were
    attacking from Afghan territory.
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    color:#424242">Islamabad is building a fence along their 1,600-mile
    (2,700-kilometre) border, known as the Durand line, that was drawn up in
    colonial times. The Taliban deny harbouring Pakistani militants, but are also
    enraged by a fence being built by Islamabad.
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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#424242">An Afghan government
    official and a resident in Afghanistan's eastern Kunar province said Pakistani
    forces fired rockets early on Saturday that left six people dead.



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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#424242">A similar pre-dawn
    assault was also carried out in Afghanistan's Khost province near the border,
    another Afghan government official said.



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    mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#424242">Border areas between
    the two countries have long been a stronghold for militant groups such as the
    Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which operates across the porous frontier
    with Afghanistan.