Quetta, august 20 (Frontier Post): Authorities shut down the Pakistan-Afghanistan border at Chaman on Friday after a large number of Afghans flung stones at the Friendship Gate, smashing windowpanes of several government departments and disrespecting the Pakistani flag.
Reports suggested that the Afghans were incensed by demonstrations in Balochistan sparked by Indian premier Narendra Modi’s speech on August 15, India’s Independence Day and they showed their support to India by disrespecting the Pakistani flag and throwing stones at the border crossing gate.
Afghan border forces did not stop people on their side from disrupting peace at the border crossing, forcing the Frontier Corps (FC), a paramilitary force, to close the border to avert any untoward incident
There were long queues of vehicles on both sides of the border, with people on both sides facing problems as a result of the border closure.
