Torkham Border will reopen for passengers and trade transit on Thursday. The Embassy of Afghanistan in Islamabad has announced.
Publish dateThursday 23 February 2023 - 11:09
Story Code : 265923
Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, The embassy has said after negotiations with Pakistani officials regarding the concerned issues, both sides agreed to resume crossing at Torkham gate and allow all passengers, including patients and trade transit to use this land route.
The Taliban officials on Sunday evening closed Torkham, one of the main trading and border crossing routes with Pakistan.
A day after the closure of the Torkham border, intense cross-border shelling erupted between Pakistani and Afghan border security forces, lasting hours.
Meanwhile, Afghan traders mostly from the eastern Jalalabad province say that due to the closure of the Torkham crossing point, they have already lost millions of dollars.
Since February 20, more than 3000 trucks belonging to Afghan traders loaded with commercial goods have been stuck on both sides of the Durand line.
Some Afghan traders expressed their concerns over the existing issue and said if the Torkham crossing point does not open, not only the traders will lose financially, but the overall prices will increase in Afghanistan.
Furthermore, Afghan patients who are willing to travel to Pakistan for treatment have complained about the disruption of the Torkham border, and have expected the reopening of the crossing point at the soonest for passengers and patients.
Meanwhile, a team of high-ranking Pakistan Delegation headed be Defense Minister Khawaja Asif, on Wednesday traveled to Kabul and visited the Islamic Emirate Deputy Prime Minister, Mullah Abdul Ghani Bradar.
The visit was aimed at discussing security concerns and initiating joint actions to combat terrorism and militancy in both countries, the foreign ministry of Pakistan said in a statement.
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