...mindless ferocity in a turban..., Pak security officials said as quoted by Rooters.
The disturbances broke out after a 56-year-old Afghan traveler died of a heart attack as he waited in the dusty heat to enter Afghanistan via the Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing, Arif Kakar, a Pak official on the scene, said as quoted by Rooters.
According to Rooters report, protesters carried his body to a local Pak government office demanding the border be reopened. Some began throwing stones at security forces, who responded by firing tear gas and charging the protesters with batons to disperse them. No injuries were reported.
The Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing is landlocked Afghanistan’s second busiest entry point and main commercial artery to the Pak seacoast.
Taliban captured Spin Boldak district last month. They announced the closure of the Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing on Aug. 6 in protest at a Pak decision to end visa-free travel for Afghans.
The group is demanding Pakistain allow Afghans to cross the frontier with either an Afghan ID card or a Pak-issued refugee registration card.
According to Rooters, some 900 trucks went through the Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing daily before the Taliban seized it.