Afghanistan sealed its border with Pakistan on Tuesday to protest against measures taken to stop flour from being smuggled into the war-torn country.Authorities recently seized over 100 trucks loaded with flour at the Chaman border and handed them over to the district administration, said Pakistani border commander Major General Saleem Nawaz. The government enforced the measures to prevent flour smuggling in order to overcome the flour crisis facing the country, he added.
Afghan border commander Abdul Razzaq said Pakistan had not enforced the ban in other areas but had clamped down near the Chaman border. He said areas near the Pak-Afghan border were facing an immense flour shortage after the ban. The Afghan government will now discuss the matter with the Pakistan government, he added.