KABUL - Members of Wolesi Jirga or lower house of Afghan parliament have backed the country's foreign minister for lodging complaint with the United Nations Security Council over the alleged cross-border artillery shelling from Pakistan, local media reported Sunday.

Some lawmakers in Saturday's session appreciated Afghan foreign minister Zalmai Rasoul for complaining the alleged Pakistani artillery shelling on the eastern Afghan border areas at the UN Security Council, according to the Daily Outlook newspaper.

Pakistan have been occasionally shelling on the border areas in the eastern Kunar and Nuristan provinces, forcing locals to flee their houses for shelters, a claim rejected by Pakistan.

"The national assembly would support every effort convincing the UNSC into taking stern action against Pakistan," Daily Outlook quoted legislator Naqibullah Fayed as saying.

Another lawmaker Shukria Barakzai also asked the UNSC to come hard on Pakistan for continuously shelling Afghan border villages and put pressure on Islamabad to stop the incursions.

Zalmai Rasoul said in his speech at the UN Security Council on Sept 20 that cross-border shelling would damage the relations between Kabul and Islamabad, according to a statement of foreign ministry.

"The cross-border shelling of areas of Kunar province of eastern Afghanistan from across the Durand Line, has led to unprecedented anger and frustration among Afghans from all walks of life. We reiterate our call for an immediate and complete end to these acts, which have taken the lives of dozens of Afghans, mainly civilians, while leaving many more wounded. We remain in close contact with the Government of Pakistan to address this issue, holistically and resolutely," Rasoul said.

"Failure to end such attacks risks jeopardizing Afghanistan-Pakistan bilateral relations, with potential negative consequences for necessary bilateral cooperation for peace, security and economic development in our two countries and the wider region," he said, adding Afghanistan desires close and fruitful relations with Pakistan, a neighbor with whom we share historical, cultural and traditional ties.

The alleged artillery shelling from Pakistan have claimed scores of lives over the past couple of months, according to provincial governor of Kunar, Sayed Fazlullah Wahidi.

Tamim Nuristani, governor of the neighboring Nuristan province, in an interview with the Daily Mandegar, accused Pakistan of incursion, saying the joint attack of Pakistani army and Taliban militants on Kamdish district, Nuristan province has been repulsed.

The Afghan Interior Ministry in the latest move has ordered police to check the import and distribution of Pakistani newspapers in the eastern provinces of Kunar, Nuristan and Nangarhar, according to the Daily Mandegar.