KABUL on Friday extended the mandated period of visas to Afghan nationals, days after closing its border at Torkham and Chaman.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan directed the regional passport office in Peshawar to extend visas of Afghan nationals, reported Radio Pakistan.
The minister was quoted in a statement as saying that the step was aimed at facilitating those Afghan citizens who had arrived in Pakistan legally.
Pakistan closed the border at Torkham hours after a suicide bomber killed scores at a popular . . .
