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  • Pak closes Chaman, Torkham border gates on Afghan's request

    Pak closes Chaman, Torkham border gates on Afghan's request File Photo Pak closes Chaman, Torkham border gates on Afghan's request

    Pakistan on Friday closed the Chaman and Torkham gates at its borders with Afghanistan for two days (October 19-20) on the latter’s request in view of yesterday’s Taliban attack which left three dead including Afghan police and intelligence chiefs.

    Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr Muhammad Faisal in a statement on Friday said that on a request by the Afghanistan government, it has been decided to keep the friendship gates on Pakistan Afghanistan border crossing points at Chaman and Torkham closed for two days on October 19 and 20.

    Dr Muhammad Faisal said both the crossing points will remain closed for all kinds of traffic except emergency cases.

    It is pertinent here to mention that, a Taliban-claimed attack on the top US commander in Afghanistan and senior Afghan security officials had killed at least three people and sent the government scrambling to secure the country s restive south.

    US and NATO commander General Scott Miller was not hurt in the attack inside a heavily fortified government compound in Kandahar city that targeted a high-level security meeting.

    But the shooting carried out by a member of the provincial governor s security team killed anti-Taliban strongman and police chief General Abdul Raziq, Afghan and NATO officials said.

    Afghan security forces swarmed Kandahar city after the shooting that shuttered shops and sent terrified civilians already on high alert for violence ahead of Saturday s ballot into their homes.