One killed as Afghan-Pakistan clashes resume
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Pakistani border security personnel search an Afghan family entering Pakistan after crossing the Torkham Border on April 26, 2016.
An Afghan border guard has been killed and five others have been injured in fresh clashes at a border crossing with Pakistan, an Afghan official says.
According to Press TV, a police official said the Afghan guard was killed in the clashes late Tuesday. Pakistani officials confirmed the latest clash, saying that a ceasefire is now in place.
The Afghan guard was the third fatality since clashes erupted near the Torkham border crossing between the border guards of Afghanistan and Pakistan on Sunday.
Another Afghan guard was killed in the clashes on Sunday and a Pakistani officer died of injuries he sustained during the violence on Tuesday.
Pakistan said on Wednesday that it has deployed more troops and weapons to the region.
The clashes came after Pakistan began construction of a gate on disputed territory.
Pakistan says it wants to erect a gate on its own side of the border so as to check unwanted and illegal movement, and to block the entry of possible terrorists to the country.
Afghan officials say the additional gate is in an area which is a no man's land and blamed Pakistan for starting the violence.
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