Pakistan, Afghanistan Torkham border reopens after eight days of closure

The Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan reopens to pedestrians and vehicles, more than a week after it was closed following a gun battle between frontier guards. The altercation at the crossing, halfway between the two capitals Islamabad and Kabul, was in relation to a dispute over the construction of an Afghan outpost. Torkham is the busiest border post for trade and people between the two nations, and its closure had affected thousands of Afghans and Pakistanis. “We were stopped at Torkham. It's been nine or ten days since we were stopped here […] Our grapes, tomatoes and cucumbers and other things were rotting,” says Hazrat Gul, a truck driver.

The Afghanistan-Pakistan land border crossing at Torkham has reopened after being closed for nine days due to firing between guards on both sides. Thousands of...