Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to reopen border crossing

  01 September 2016    Read: 1245
Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to reopen border crossing
Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to reopen a border crossing that was closed for almost two weeks after Afghan protesters burned the Pakistani flag at a border rally.
The two neighbors have tense relations over several issues, including Afghan accusations that Pakistan harbors the Taliban.

Pakistan`s paramilitary Frontier Corps says the key Chaman border crossing will reopen on Thursday, 13 days after it was closed following the protests.

It`s one of the two border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan and thousands of people use it daily to visit relatives on the other side of the boundary. It`s also used for trade.

A statement from the Frontier Corps says the decision came during successful talks on Wednesday between the two sides in Chaman, a border town in Pakistan`s southwestern Baluchistan province.

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