Balochistan Levies confirmed the incident and said that the that two men had been shot dead in the Helmand province of Afghanistan on Thursday morning.
“The two men went to visit their relatives living inside Afghanistan from Chagai, when NATO forces opened fire on them, killing both instantly,” relatives told local journalists.
The dead men were identified as Abdullah and Mohammad Usman, residents of Chagai district. The relatives are yet to receive the bodies.
People living on either side of the border often visit each other as they have had close relations since centuries. People from Chagai also travel to the other side of the border for collecting wood and to work as labour.
