New Delhi: The first day of the limited opening of two border points between Afghanistan and Pakistan saw Afghan officials closing down the Chaman border point as they wanted Pakistan to take back their own nationals too.From Monday, Pakistan had opened the Torkham and Chaman border points on the request of the Afghan government, for four days, to allow the return of its nationals.The border had been closed down due to the coronavirus pandemic for over a month, which had stranded Afghans and Pakistanis in each other’s territories.As per Afghan news agency Pajhwok, the Afghan embassy in Pakistan had announced that only 1,000 people a day will be allowed to enter the country based on a bilateral understanding with Pakistan.The returning nationals were to be quarantined separately in different locations – Afghans at Torkham township and Spin Boldak, and Pakistanis in Chaman.At 10 am on Monday, the border points at Torkham and Chaman opened. Special priority was supposed to have been given to women and children.Also read: Afghanistan’s Open Border With Iran Leaves it Vulnerable to COVID-19However, the Pakistani newspaper Dawn has reported that the return of Afghans went on smoothly for only five hours.After about 400-500 Afghans returned, the Afghan border authorities closed the border with Pakistan at Chaman at around 3 pm, the newspaper reported. “Officials said that Kabul wanted Pakistan to also allow Pakistanis who were stranded in the Afghan border town of Spin Boldak in large numbers to cross into their country,” said the report.A district official in Pakistan, Zakaullah Durrani told Dawn that that Afghanistan had closed the border “all of a sudden”.As per the article, Afghan authorities wanted Pakistan to also take back their nationals who were stranded at Spin Boldak.“Pakistani and Afghan border authorities negotiated at the border but the issue could not be resolved till the closing time of the border at 5 pm. Afghan border authorities said that they would not open border until the issue was resolved,” said the report.It is not yet clear if Chaman border point was opened on Tuesday, but there are reports that Torkham border had a major rush of Afghans nationals hoping to take advantage of the relaxation of border restrictions.Social media video shows thousands of Afghans entered #Afghanistan from #Pakistan today through Torkham pass.The governor of Nangarhar, Shah Mahmood Miakhel, urged the people to be patient and let the medical staff screen for COVID-19. #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/4PPPuVRoN1— TOLOnews (@TOLOnews) April 7, 2020Afghanistan has reported that it has 423 COVID-19 positive patients, till Tuesday morning.