Reopen Of Pak-Afghan Border For Traffic After Two Days

Monday, August 31, 2009 at 12:34 pm

QUETTA: Pakistan-Afghanistan border has reopened for traffic after closure of two days. The border was closed due to disagreement between Pakistani and Afghan forces over checking procedure.

More than 1,000 Nato-supply vehicles and other commercial vehicles piles up as result of closure. Unknown attackers fired rocket at these vehicles last night and opened fired caused a blaze in Nato-supply trucks. One FC personnel injured in the firing whereas two attackers wounded in retaliatory fire of security forces managed to flee.

According to sources, over 25 containers, oil tankers, trailers and the vehicles mounted on trailers were all destroyed in the incident.