QUETTA: Two Pakistanis were killed in an attack by Nato helicopters in an Afghan area close to the border with Pakistan on Sunday evening.

According to sources, Two people identified as Ghulam Farooq and Abdul Rashid entered into Noshki was attacked by Nato helicopter gunships in Safaar near the border with Chagai district.

“The helicopters fired rockets which hit the vehicle and set it aflame about 5km inside Afghanistan,” the sources said Pakistani border officials were contacting their Afghan counterparts for repatriation of the bodies.

Both the people belonged to Noshki. The reason of firing was still unknown.