On September 2, the Government shut down the Chaman border with Afghanistan for security reasons, all kinds of travel across the frontier including trucks carrying goods have been stopped, said Federal Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, reports Daily Times. Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed said that the Pak-Afghan Chaman border might be closed for some time. “We want peace in Afghanistan,” while he was addressing a ceremony in Islamabad. He said that the security of the country is important and this decision has been taken after keeping in view the current situation. He said that we want peace in Afghanistan and we have fenced the border, our brave Army is present on the borders to protect the peace and stability of Pakistan, he added.