June 28, 2021: According to foreign media, Pakistan’s foreign minister had said on Sunday that violence and lawlessness could reign in Afghanistan after the US withdrawal, and that Pakistan would close its border to the country if the Taliban took control.
Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that Pakistan has taken 3.5 million Afghan refugees in the last few years, but would not accept any more. He was addressing a weekly media briefing in the central city of Multan.