Pakistan rockets kill 9, wound 50

PAKISTAN has fired a barrage of rockets across its south-western border, killing nine people and wounding 50 in an Afghan border town, Afghan officials have said.

The exchange of fire that led to casualties in the town of Spinboldak was instigated by Afghan border guards, Pakistan security officials said.

It was the latest cross-border exchange between the two countries. Earlier this month, Pakistan fired rockets into Afghanistan’s Kunar province, killing three people.