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Pakistan Is Closing a Key Border Crossing into Afghanistan

July 6, 2021

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Paramilitary troops patrol in a railway station to enforce new restrictions announced to help control the spread of the coronavirus, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Paramilitary troops patrol in a railway station to enforce new restrictions announced to help control the spread of the coronavirus, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 12, 2021. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

ISLAMABAD– Pakistan’s interior ministry says the country is immediately closing a key border crossing into Afghanistan to contain the spread of the coronavirus.

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed announced on Twitter that the Torkham border will be closed for all types of movement of people until further guidance from the country’s National Command and Operations Center, which oversee Pakistan’s response to coronavirus.

Pakistan’s top health official reported Monday an uptick in new COVID-19 cases and the country's positivity rate for the coronavirus over the previous seven days.

Pakistan has reported 964,490 confirmed cases among 22,452 death from coronavirus since last year.

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