ISLAMABAD, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan on Thursday invited Afghanistan for talks to deescalate the current tensions along a busiest border crossing that has caused casualties on both sides.
Border troops started clashes along the Torkham border at the weekend over the construction of a gate.
Pakistan military says it is building the gate some 40 meters inside its territory but Afghanistan argues Pakistan cannot build the gate as "status of the border is disputed."
Guns are silent as both sides have now declared ceasefire but tensions persist.
Pakistan Foreign Affairs Adviser Sartaj Aziz told the parliament on Thursday that he has invited Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani and National Security Adviser Hanif Atmar to visit Islamabad to find out solution to the issue.
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