International Business Times: Islamabad has reportedly refused to reopen the Friendship Gate at the Afghan border in Chaman in southwestern Balochistan province, which it closed on 19 August after protestors from the neighbouring country set ablaze a Pakistani flag a day earlier. The Pak-Afghan border has now remained closed for the seventh consecutive day as the latest flag meet held between authorities of the two countries ended in a stalemate. Click here to read more (external link).