ISLAMABAD, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan said on Thursday that it has closed its border with Afghanistan "to implement border control measures".
Pakistani authorities closed the border on Tuesday after the Afghan forces prevented Pakistan's plan to fence the border to stop illegal cross-border movement.
Afghan ambassador in Islamabad, Omar Zakhilwal, also confirmed border closure at Torkham and said talks between Pakistani and Afghan officials to reopen it failed on Thursday.
Thousands of people and many trucks are stranded on both sides of the border, witnesses in the area said.
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