The main artery for traveling and trade between Pakistan and Landlocked Afghanistan, Torkam Border Crossing, has reopened again after the successful negotiations by officials of the two countries.
Sources told Geo News that the crossing would initially be opened for trade and people would be allowed to cross on foot from Friday.
After reopening the border crossing, bilateral trade has resumed with trucks carrying commercial freight to enter Afghanistan, said by sources.
Earlier, the head of Pakistani tribal Jirga Syed Javd Hussain Kazmi said that Afghan officials agreed to remove the controversial construction, causing tension between the two sides.
He said that a ceasefire will remain in force until the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) meeting, which ensures stability in the region. Pakistani security officials have expressed satisfaction with the decision of Afghan officials, Kazmi said.
The construction of a bunker by Afghan forces near the zero-point was triggered by stress on the construction of a bunker, which severely affects the cross-point movement, suspends all businesses and travels between the two countries.
The crossing has been closed from February 21 after clashing. According to security sources, Afghan forces attempted to build a bunker in a disputed area near the border, with the reply to Pakistan’s Frontier Corps (FC).
Since the closure, the crossing was filled with a truck load of supply, mainly for Afghanistan, which faces a human and hunger crisis and depends a lot on the import of food from Pakistan.
According to Pakistan’s Foreign Office, trade between countries in 2024 was more than $ 1.6 billion.
According to customs officials, the Torkham crossing facilitates a daily trade of about $ 3 million and looks at the movement of about 10,000 people. Refruiting is expected to restore economic activity and reduce travel to traders and citizens who rely on this important boundary route.
The two nations shared a porous border about 2,500 km with several crossing points, with a major element of regional trade and a major element of the relationship between the two sides of the fence.
However, the issue of terrorism remains an important issue for Pakistan, which has urged Afghanistan to prevent the attacks inside the east to prevent their soil from being used by groups such as Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has also confirmed the reservation of Islamabad by a report submitted by the monitoring team of analytical support and restrictions, which has revealed a connivance between Kabul and TTP, which provides logical, operations and financial assistance in the east.
