2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish

2017 Afghanistan-Pakistan skirmishes
Part of the Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes
Date5 May 2017
Location
Chaman, Balochistan, Pakistan
30°54′26″N 66°27′03″E / 30.907255°N 66.450959°E / 30.907255; 66.450959
Result Pakistan closes the border for the second time in 2017.
Belligerents
Pakistan Afghanistan
Units involved
 Pakistan Army
Frontier Corps		 Afghan National Army
Afghan Border Police
Casualties and losses
2 killed, 9 wounded (Pakistani claim)
9 killed and 40 wounded (Afghan claim)		 50+ killed, 100+ wounded (Pakistani claim)
Five checkpoints destroyed (Pakistani claim)
9 civilians killed, 42 wounded (Pakistani claim)
2 civilians killed, 30 wounded (Afghan claim)
Chaman
Location within Balochistan and Pakistan
Chaman
Chaman (Balochistan, Pakistan)

On 5 May 2017, an armed skirmish occurred after Afghan forces attacked a Pakistani census team in Chaman, in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan. At least 15 people died on both sides in the immediate border clash. It is one of a series of similar border-related incidents between the two countries.

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