COAS orders opening of Torkham after meeting Afghan Ambassador

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Director General Inter Service Public Relation (ISPR) Lt-Gen Asim Bajwa said on Twitter that General Raheel Sharif and Afghan envoy had agreed to resume routine border traffic at the Torkham crossing.
Afgn Amb to Pak, HE Omer Zakhilwal met #COAS.Issues related to bilateral relations with particular ref to border mgmt discussed.Was agreed-1
— Gen Asim Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) May 13, 2016
to resume routine x border tfc at Torkham.Both sides showed resolve to continue efforts 2 fight terrorism,bring lasting peace in the region
— Gen Asim Bajwa (@AsimBajwaISPR) May 13, 2016
Earlier, on 11 May, border crossing at Torkham was closed for all types of vehicles and pedestrian traffic. Afghan border authorities objected to the laying of barbed wire near the border.
The border officials have intensified checking of Afghan nationals crossing over to Pakistan.
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