Pakistan on Monday reopened Chaman border crossing with Afghanistan for trade and pedestrian movement after shutting it down a week earlier following a border shooting.The shooting took place on November 13 at the Spin Boldak & Chaman crossing.
One Pakistani border guard was killed in the incident.
Pakistan immediately closed the crossing causing heavy losses to traders and stranding thousands of people on both sides.Abdul Majeed Zehri, a Pakistani government administrator in Chaman in southwestern Baluchistan province, told reporters on Monday that the decision to reopen the border came after talks with Afghan officials.They are searching for the attacker.
Zehri said Afghan officials also expressed grief and sorrow over the killing of the Pakistani border guard.The post Pakistan reopens border with Afghanistan first appeared on Ariana News.