"Afghan border police opened fire on FC (Frontier Corps) detailed for security of population census team," the Pakistani military said in a statement, adding that one civilian had been killed and 18 others, including four soldiers, injured. Raziq went on to assert that the two villages, with a total population of around 15,000 people, are at the “zero point of the Durand Line and a large number of them are enrolled in the Afghan border force.”

Thousands of travelers use the Chaman border crossing to move in both directions, and it also serves as a major trade and transit route for landlocked Afghanistan. On the Pakistani side, Naseem Ullah, a doctor at a hospital in Killa Abdullah, told the German dpa news agency that nine civilians were killed in shelling. QUETTA, Pakistan Pakistani and Afghan troops exchanged fire for several hours on Friday along their disputed border, officials on both sides said, as tension between the neighbours flared into deadly violence.Pakistan's military said a census team - guarded by troops from its Frontier Corps (FC) - that was collecting population data in a village near the border town of Chaman came under fire and at least one person was killed and 18 wounded.Zia Durani, police spokesman for Afghanistan's Kandahar province, said Pakistani officials were using the census as a cover for "malicious activities and to provoke villagers against the government". Afghanistan has traditionally enjoyed better ties with Pakistan's rival, India.Afghanistan has for years accused Pakistan of sheltering Afghan Taliban militants, something Pakistan denies.Pakistan's military said Afghan border police had been "creating hurdles" since April 30 for the census team in the Chaman area.
Afghan border police and the Pakistani military clash at a border crossing near Chaman, killing at least 13 people and wounding over 80 others. Both sides blame each other for the flareup in fighting.