Pakistan shuts Torkham crossing for all types of movement

KABUL (Pajhwok): Pakistan has closed the Torkham crossing for all types of movement, local officials in eastern Nangarhar said on Sunday.

Qureshi Badloon, the information officer at the Information and Culture department of Nangarhar, wrote on his Facebook that the Pakistani side shut the Torkham crossing for all types of travel and transport this morning.

On Thursday night, Pakistan carried out airstrikes on Kabul and the Margha Bazaar area of Barmal district in Paktika province.

In response, on Saturday night, forces of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) launched retaliatory attacks on Pakistani military positions along the Durand Line in the provinces of Kandahar, Helmand, Zabul, Nangarhar, Paktia, Paktika and Khost.

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