The passage has been closed for almost two weeks.
At the Torcham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan, there was a shootout between the military units of both countries on Monday. The passage has been closed for almost two weeks for a dispute over a new border habitat. This is reported by TASR, according to the AP report.
According to the anonymous source of the AP units of the Afghan Taliban, in the morning, they launched unprovoked shooting by automatic weapons for the Pakistani border guard, which returned the shooting. Taliban has not yet commented on the incident.
The victims are not reported after the shootout. The passage has been closed for 11 days, as Pakistan challenges the construction of a new border of Afghanistan.
Both Torcham Passage, as well as the Pakistan Pakistan’s southwest passage, have been closed in the past. Most often, cross -border shootout was the reason. Border crossings are important for trade between Pakistan and inland Afghanistan.
Thousands of truck and passenger cars stuck on the border from both sides.
