Pak-Afghan border closed for two days.

The government on Friday decided to close the border crossings of Chaman and Torkham for two days. The border will remain closed on Friday and Saturday.

The closure comes at the request of the Afghan government, said Foreign Office Spokesperson Dr. Mohammad Faisal.

The FO spokesperson added that the decision was taken to support Afghanistan in the smooth conduct of upcoming parliamentary elections

The border crossings will remain closed for all kinds of traffic with the exception of emergency cases, added FO.

On Thursday, General Abdul Raziq, one of Afghanistan's most powerful security officials, was killed when a bodyguard opened fire following a meeting in the governor's compound in Kandahar.

General Scott Miller, the top US commander in Afghanistan who had been at the meeting with Raziq only moments earlier, was uninjured in the attack, but the local commander of the NDS intelligence service and the Kandahar provincial governor Zalmay Wesa were also killed.

The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, saying they had targeted both Miller and Raziq, who had a fearsome reputation as a ruthless opponent of the insurgents.

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