Peshawar [Pakistan], September 9 – The Pakistan and Afghanistan armies exchanged fire at the Torkham border which led to the closure of the main point of transit for travellers and goods.
The Express Tribune reported.
The Pakistan-based media outlet reported that people around the busy border area near the Khyber Pass fled once the firing started.
Security officials from the area said that Taliban and Pakistani forces had exchanged fire but there had not yet been any casualties.
Disputes linked to the 2,600 km (1,615 miles) border have been a bone of contention between the neighbours for decades.
The crossing has been closed several times in recent years, including a closure in February that saw thousands of trucks laden with goods stranded on each side of the border for days.
The dispute over the acquisition of land on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham continues as construction work took up the speed to complete the project by the end of this year, reported Dawn.
In April, Dawn reported that the Khuga Khel tribe alleged that the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), with whom they had originally signed an agreement on the provision of over 300 kanals of their collective land near the Torkham border for the construction of the terminal, had changed the designs and moreover had taken their 400 kanals of land without their consent.
