Islamabad urges Kabul to control border attacks.

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan yesterday urged Afghanistan to control attacks into Pakistani territory as Pakistan reopened Chaman border crossing with neighbouring Afghanistan. This came a week after an Afghan gunman had martyred a Pakistani security guard there, forcing a closure of the crossing. The decision to reopen the Chaman border crossing - also known as Friendship Gate - was taken in a meeting between Pakistani and Afghan authorities over the weekend. The crossing was closed on November 13 when a Pakistani soldier posted at the border was fired upon. Pakistan contacted the Afghan side and urged them to stop such incidents in future as this could harm the bilateral ties, officials told The Nation. The Chaman border, situated nearly 120 kilometres to Quetta, is one of the busiest border crossings between the two countries and is used by thousands of people every day. Earlier, the Taliban government in Afghanistan condemned the incident and ordered the formation of a fact-finding committee to investigate it. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid rejected the allegations reported in media that the attacker was a member of the...