Pakistani fire cases violates Afghan journalists who cover the closure of the most important border crossing

The shot from Pakistan injured three Afghan journalists on Wednesday when they reported on the closure of an important border crossing, said a Taliban official.

Torkham has been closed between the two neighbors since February 21st because of a dispute. It is important for trade and travel, but both countries have closed it in the past, mostly because of fatal shootings and fire. It is located in the northwestern and Afghan East in Pakistan.

The Shamshad -TV reporter Hedayat Shah Hedayat and two other journalists went to Torkham to report the ongoing clashes when they were hit by the Pakistani team, said the deputy director of the ward, Mahir Ihsanzai,.

A local official, Qureshi Badloon, confirmed the shootings.

“These journalists were hit and injured by mortar shells that were released by Pakistani soldiers,” said Badloon, who works in the Nangarhar Department for Information and Culture Department.

He identified the other journalists as Pajhwok Afghan News Cameri, Wali Mohammad Shinwari and the Hurriyat radio journalist Azizul Hassan Nomani.

Shinwari and Nomani were in a serious state and brought regional hospital to the Nangarhar.

There was no immediate comment from the Pakistani government.