Taliban takes control of key border crossing with Pakistan
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Kabul, July 15: Taliban terrorists on Wednesday claimed that it had successfully gained control over an important trade route linking Pakistan with southern Afghanistan. Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid on Wednesday said in a statement that the fighters have captured an “important border town called Wesh.”
"With this, the important road between (Spin) Boldak and Chaman and Kandahar customs have come under Mujahideen control," it added. After taking the control of the border, Taliban fighters raised their flag and removed the Afghan flag at the border crossing.
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The crossing is the second busiest entry point and it is one of the major international border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The crossing links Kandahar with Pakistani ports and around 900 trucks cross the border through the crossing every day.
Following the incident, Pakistan has closed down its all key border crossing with Afghanistan in Balochistan. Chaman Assistant Commissioner Arif Kakar confirmed to the media that the Friendship Gate crossing at the Chaman border with Afghanistan has been closed.
It was the third border crossing the insurgents have taken in the past weeks after previously it took a string of major Afghan border crossings, including with Iran, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan.
It should be noted that the Taliban is intensifying their hold within the country since the US and NATO troops stepped up their withdrawal from the war-battered country. Last week Taliban took control of areas in Herat, Farah, and Kunduz provinces. Last week, the Taliban said they now control 85% of Afghanistan’s territory.
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