Main Afghan-Pakistan border crossing closed as forces exchange fire

Record ID: 1741865

  • Title: Main Afghan-Pakistan border crossing closed as forces exchange fire
  • Date: 6th September 2023
  • Summary: TORKHAM BORDER CROSSING, PAKISTAN (SEPTEMBER 6, 2023) (ORIGINALLY FILMED IN PORTRAIT) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS) TRUCKS AND CONTAINERS PARKED / AUDIO OF GUNFIRE RINGING OUT / PEOPLE RUNNING PEOPLE, INCLUDING YOUNG CHILDREN, RUNNING PAST ROADSIDE FRUIT VENDOR AS SOUND OF GUNFIRE RINGS OUT VARIOUS OF MOUNTAINSIDE / AUDIO OF GUNFIRE RINGING OUT VEHICLES DRIVING OFF AS SOUND OF GUNFIRE CONTINUES
  • Embargoed: 20th September 2023 13:48
  • Keywords: AFGHANISTAN BORDER FIRING PAKISTAN Torkham border crossing conflict security
  • Location: TORKHAM BORDER CROSSING, PAKISTAN
  • City: TORKHAM BORDER CROSSING, PAKISTAN
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Conflicts/War/Peace
  • Reuters ID: LVA001973306092023RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Local residents ran for cover as the sound of gunfire rang out at the main border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan on Wednesday (September 6), with Pakistan saying security forces from both countries had exchanged fire.
    Security officials from the Torkham border crossing, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Taliban and Pakistani forces had exchanged fire but there were, as of yet, no casualties. The Torkham border point, near the Khyber Pass and the main point of transit for travellers and goods between Pakistan and landlocked Afghanistan, was closed after the incident, authorities said.
    A spokesman for the local government in Afghanistan's eastern Nangahar province, where the crossing is located, and a spokeswoman for Pakistan's foreign office did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
    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.
    (Production: Mohammad Wisal, Waseem Sattar, Sheree Sardar)
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