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Torkham border crossing closed for 2nd day after clashes between border forces
[Dawn] The Torkham border crossing between Pakistain and Afghanistan was closed for a second day on Thursday, leading to a build-up of trucks laden with goods, after festivities between security forces from the two countries.

The busy border crossing had closed on Wednesday after Pak and Afghan Taliban
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 forces started firing at each other, according to local officials.

Officials in Pakistain had blamed the other side for starting the midday firefight, which lasted for around two hours and came after the Afghan authorities started building a checkpoint on their side in a prohibited area, close to the main border crossing.

The officials said the Afghan authorities already had a checkpoint in the vicinity, commonly known as the Larram Post, but they started building another post over a small hill without discussing it with the Pak side.

They said border security officials had also held a meeting minutes before the crossfire began. However,
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 it could not be ascertained what the meeting’s agenda was and what prompted both countries’ border forces to open fire.

Apart from the FC official, a Customs clearing agent had also been critically injured when he was hit by a speeding vehicle pulling back to safety after the firing started.

Abdul Basir Zabuli, a front man for the Taliban-led police in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar
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 province, where the crossing lies, said today that authorities from both countries were trying to determine the reason for the clash.

Irshad Mohmand, a local administration official in Pakistain, told AFP that Afghan forces tried to establish a checkpoint in an area where it was agreed that both sides would not establish a post.

"After an objection from the Pakistain side, the Afghan forces opened fire," he said, adding that Pakistain border forces responded with "retaliatory fire".

However,
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 the Afghan Taliban government had blamed Pakistain.

"Pak forces attacked the Afghan side when Afghan forces wanted to reactivate their old outpost with an excavator," said Quraishi Badloon, an official for the information and culture directorate in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province.

"The attack has resulted in casualties, but the exact figures are not known yet," he said.

A local Pakistain police official told the news agency that the shooting stopped by late Wednesday afternoon, but the border remained shut, he said. "The atmosphere is tense" and "forces on both sides are alert", he said.

Another local government official said light and heavy weapons, as well as mortars, were used in the incident.

The crossing has been closed several times in recent years, including a closure in February that saw thousands of trucks laden with goods stranded on each side of the border for days.

It was also temporarily closed last month after a scuffle between the border guards of Pakistain and Afghanistan.

Both nations are in dire economic straits, with Afghanistan reeling from a drop-off in aid following the end of the US-backed occupation and Pakistain crippled by a domestic downturn and runaway inflation.

Since Political Change, Nearly 50 Clashes Happened on Border Areas: MoI

[ToloNews] Nearly 50 festivities have happened in border areas with the neighboring countries within the past two-years, a front man for the Ministry of Interior said.

MoI front man Abdul Matin Qani called on the neighboring countries to observe the border rules with Afghanistan.

"There have been some small and big festivities. You know that there have been festivities with Pakistain, Iran, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The total number is less than 50," he said.

Qani said that the festivities were first started by the neighboring countries and then faced reactions by the Islamic Emirate’s forces. According to him, at least 15 incidents of missile firing on Afghanistan by the neighboring countries have been recorded within the past two years.

"There are some problems from some sides. We call on the neighbors to not violate the land illusory sovereignty and airspace of Afghanistan. We don’t want to have negative relations with them. Some of the missiles which were fired (on us), we had a good reaction against it," he said.

Meanwhile,
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 the military analysts believe that the border festivities do not benefit Afghanistan and that the problems should be addressed through negotiations.

"If every country stays in line which is marked and doesn't come forward, there will be no border clash," said Mohammad Matin Mohammad Khail, a military analyst.

"The Afghanistan border forces have tried a lot to improve vibes particularly with Uzbekistan and Iran
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and Pakistain. I think these problems are being solved gradually and will not happen in the future," said Kamran Aman, a military analyst.

Since the Islamic Emirate came to power, many festivities took place with the neighboring countries—an issue which has been also discussed at the senior level between the governments.
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