JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Afghan and Pakistani security forces exchanged fire late on Sunday at the Torkham border crossing over the issue of border fencing, an official said.
The Afghan forces initiated the skirmish in reaction to constructing a gate at the Torkham border by the Pakistani paramilitary forces at about 9pm and the cross firing continued as of 10pm, said 301 border zone police official Col. Ayub Hussain Khel.
“The Pakistani paramilitary forces about 9pm wanted to erect the gate at the border crossing against the international laws and without informing us, but we prevented this . . .
