ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has closed a key southwestern crossing point withAfghanistan, saying the closure is meant to prevent the spread of novelCovid-19 in light of the country’s top monitoring body.
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Tuesday announced that cross-bordermovement at Torkham has come to a halt as the crossing was closed tocontrol the spread of novel virus from the neighboring countries on theinstructions of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC).
Taking it to Twitter, the Interior Minister wrote ‘On the advice of theNCOC all types of immigration departure and arrival will be closed fromtoday at Torkham Border till the fresh guidelines of NCOC.’
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Amid a recent spike in covid cases in Afghanistan, Rashid announced thatthe main Durand Line crossing would stay shut till fresh guidelines fromthe country’s nerve center on novel disease.
