Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham Border Reopens After Nine Days Of Closure
Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham Border reopens after nine days of closure.
The main Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham border has reopened after a nine-day closure due to fire incidents.
Pakistani and Afghan officials resolved the issue, ending the stranding of goods-laden trucks and passengers. Learn more about the border tensions and their impact
The Main Afghanistan-Pakistan Torkham border reopened after nine days, it was closed after firing.
The main Afghanistan-Pakistan land border was reopened on Friday after remaining closed for nine days. A senior Pakistani official has given this information to the media.
The Torkham border between the neighboring countries was closed since last week following firing between the armies of the two sides, leaving thousands of passengers and hundreds of trucks laden with goods stranded.
Vehicles are blocked on both sides of the border.
“Following discussions between Pakistani and Afghan officials, the issue has been resolved and the border has been reopened,” a security official in Torkham told the news agency, on condition of anonymity due to the nature of the situation. border is very sensitive to this topic.
He said thousands of vehicles carrying goods were stranded on both sides of the border due to border crossings in northwest Pakistan.
The firing started at the police post.
Pakistan said the Taliban administration had tried to encroach on its territory by building illegal structures. Besides, he also accused the Afghan forces of indiscriminate firing.
The Taliban’s Foreign Ministry said Pakistan security forces fired on its troops as they fired on an old security post near the border.
Afghan officials denied the allegations.
He criticized the border closure at a major entry point to landlocked Afghanistan.
Relations between the two neighbors have at times been strained, including over border disputes and particularly Pakistan’s allegations that terrorists could launch attacks on its territory from bases in Afghanistan. However, Afghan officials deny this.
