2017 Afghanistan–Pakistan border skirmish

2017 Afghan attack on Pakistan census team
	Part of the Afghanistan–Pakistan skirmishes
Date	5 May 2017
Location	Chaman, Balochistan, Pakistan30.907255°N 66.450959°E
Result	Pakistan closes the border for the second time in 2017. Afghan defence of Killi Luqman;
Belligerents
Pakistan	Afghanistan
Units involved
Pakistan Army; Frontier Corps	Afghan National Army; Afghan Border Police
Casualties and losses
2 killed, 9 wounded (Pakistani claim); ; 9 killed and 40 wounded (Afghan claim)	; ; 50+ killed, 100+ wounded (Pakistani claim) ; Five checkpoints destroyed (Pakistani claim)
	9 civilians killed, 42 wounded (Pakistani claim); 2 civilians killed, 30 wounded (Afghan claim)
	Chaman Location within Balochistan and Pakistan Chaman Chaman (Balochistan, Pakistan)

On 5 May 2017, an armed skirmish occurred after Afghan forces attacked a Pakistani census team in Chaman, in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan. At least 15 people died on both sides in the immediate border clash. It is one of a series of similar border-related incidents between the two countries.

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