Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 6, 2020 The Pakistani military said one of its soldiers was killed and two others wounded by cross-border shelling from Afghanistan. In a statement on August 6, the Pakistani military said members of its Frontier Corps came under heavy mortar shelling and firing from Afghanistan a day earlier. The military
RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan July 31, 2020 Cross-border shelling by Pakistan killed at least 15 civilians in Afghanistan on July 31, prompting Kabul to put its ground and air forces on alert. The shelling came after clashes between Pakistani and Afghan security forces at the closed Chaman-Spin Boldak border crossing, where people were waiting to
PTI: With the move, Pakistan intends to fulfill its commitments under Pakistan-Afghanistan Transit Trade Agreement. Pakistan said on Monday that it will restore Afghanistan’s exports through the Wagah border with India from Wednesday at the special request of Kabul and to facilitate Afghan Transit Trade. Pakistan closed the Wagah border with India in mid-March in
By Ayaz Gul VOA News July 5, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan says it has formally invited Afghanistan’s chief peace negotiator, Abdullah Abdullah, to pay an official visit to Islamabad at “mutually convenient dates.” The move is the latest in a series of steps the Pakistani government has taken in a bid to improve the country’s often
AA: Pakistan on Saturday announced reopening three key trade routes with neighboring Afghanistan from June 22. Abdul Razzak Dawood, prime minister’s adviser on trade, who acts as trade minister, announced the reopening of southwestern Chaman, northwestern Torkham and Ghulam Khan border crossings after months-long closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. Click here to read more
Tolo News: Residents of Kunar province in the east of the country say Pakistani forces have advanced towards the Afghan part of the Durand Line –which serves as a de facto border between the two countries–and in some districts have put up installations. Most of these encroachments have occurred in the Khas Kunar and Sarkano
By Ayaz Gul VOA News May 5, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Officials in Pakistan say a unilateral construction effort has erected a robust fence along “more than 70%” of the country’s roughly 2,600-kilometer border with Afghanistan, and the coronavirus pandemic has not hampered the work. Pakistan has reported a relatively low number of cases of COVID-19, with
Ayaz Gul VOA News March 2, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has temporarily closed a key southwestern crossing point with Afghanistan, saying the move is meant to prevent the spread of coronavirus on both sides of the border. An official announcement Monday said the Chaman crossing in Baluchistan province was being shut for “an initial period
1TV: Pakistan will close a major border crossing with Afghanistan from Monday to prevent the spread of coronavirus, its embassy in Kabul said. Afghanistan has confirmed one case of coronavirus in the country… Pakistan has confirmed four cases of the deadly disease so far. Click here to read more (external link).
RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal January 29, 2020 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan closed a key border crossing with Afghanistan for about 10 hours after mortar shells landed on Pakistani territory from across the border. Vehicles lined up on both sides of the border began moving across the Torkham crossing on the afternoon of January 29 after the gates were