A Pakistani border security guard stands alert at Pakistan-Afghanistan border post, Chaman in Pakistan, Friday, May 5, 2017. (Matiullah Achakzai/Associated Press)QUETTA, Pakistan — Pakistan dispatched truckloads of relief supplies Saturday to villages along the southwest border with Afghanistan, where 11 people were killed in fighting between the two countries prompting Pakistan to close a border crossing, officials said. Pakistan responded by shutting the border and firing artillery shells that killed six Afghans. Asif warned that Pakistan would respond “fittingly” to Afghanistan if any further violations were committed along the border. ___Associated Press writers Munir Ahmed in Islamabad and Rahim Faiez in Kabul, Afghanistan, contributed to this report.

Source: Washington Post May 06, 2017 06:11 UTC