CHAMAN: The Bab-e-Dosti gate remained closed for the fourth consecutive day on Monday following border tensions between the two countries.

The joint activity by Pak-Afghan geological survey teams will resume today, security officials said.

The census process that was suspended in urban areas after Afghan forces’ unprovoked firing martyred 11 on Friday, was resumed on Monday.

New batches of the Pakistan army and Frontier Corps remained alerted on the border, following the Afghan show of aggression on Friday.  

The visa section remained closed and all activities suspended on the fourth-day consecutive day following the attack.

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Pakistan and Afghanistan military authorities decided to determine geographical boundaries of their areas during the third flag meeting at Bab-e-Dosti border on Sunday.

The geological teams accompanied by Pak-Afghan officials will survey different areas including the zero line and parts of Killi Luqman and Killi Jahangir.

On Sunday, the teams agreed to determine the border limits in the Pak-Afghan flag meeting.

The joint geological survey can take between one and two days to be completed, security officials said.

The survey report will be sent to Islamabad and Kabul, following which the decision to open the border will be taken.  

50 Afghan soldiers killed, over 100 injured: IG FC 

Over 50 Afghan soldiers were killed and more than 100 injured when Pakistan retaliated to unprovoked firing and shelling by Afghan forces at Chaman border, Balochistan Frontier Corps Inspector General Major General Nadeem Ahmed said on Sunday. 

"We are not pleased to announce this but the Afghan commanders are responsible for this," he said while briefing the media on the Chaman border firing issue. "We had informed them about our census activity."

He added they carried out the census in the areas that are situated on the Pakistani border.

While talking about the Afghan forces' attack, the IG said the census was carried out in Killi Luqman and Killi Jahangir for four days until April 29 when they started to hinder the process. "But we restrained so that peace is not disrupted."

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'Afghan govt also wants peace'

Even the Afghan government wanted the relation between both the countries to improve as over 50% of Afghanistan is not under their control, said National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq on Sunday.

"They said there are [many] areas in Afghanistan that are under control of the Taliban and Daesh," the speaker said, talking about the meeting held between the Pakistani authorities and Afghan government officials after firing and shelling at the border on May 5. "Peace in Afghanistan is essential for peace in Pakistan."

Whatever happened was not right, he added, but it is important to move forward. "However, when the Afghan parliamentary delegation will come to Pakistan we will demand an answer from them."