<span style="color: #222222;">A major part of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan remained closed for the second consecutive day yesterday following clashes between the security forces of the two countries. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This has left hundreds of people and vehicles stranded on both sides.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> A spokesman for the Police Chief in Afghanistan's Kandahar Province said, the clashes erupted when troops opened fire on Pakistani soldiers who were trying to erect a fence along the disputed border between the two neighbours.</span><br />