QUETTA – The Pakistan government Sunday ordered shut down of Torkham borderwith Afghanistan after Taliban fighters took over control of the borderposts in Afghan territory.
Reports quoting Interior Ministry and other officials cited that theinsurgents took positions on the posts after Afghan border forces laid downtheir arms before them.
Meanwhile, the capture of border posts by the Afghan Taliban alerted thePakistani officials who rushed to seal the border by shutting down sixgates.
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The militants had gained control of key cities including Jalalabad,Mazar-i-Sharif, Herat and Kandahar, encircling the Afghan capital Kabul.The Taliban fighters are believed to control two-thirds of the country’sterritory.
