Tag: border
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Pakistan-Afghan Border Crossing Reopens After Negotiations
Pakistan and Afghanistan reopened a key trade crossing on Tuesday, officials on both sides said, after a row over travel papers as Islamabad cracks down on cross-border movements. The Torkham border closure since 12 January came after Islamabad imposed tighter controls requiring drivers from both sides to have visas and passports — documents many Afghans…
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Exclusive: Afghan parents struggle for five days to take son’s body back to country
A recent post on X (formerly Twitter) about Afghan parents unable to take their son’s body back to their country for burial has gone viral. In a photo, the parents can be seen crying beside their deceased son’s body in an ambulance in Peshawar. The family had come from Afghanistan to Peshawar for their son’s…
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Pakistan and Afghanistan to launch luxury bus service in August
Pakistan and Afghanistan will launch a luxury bus service between Peshawar and Jalalabad, as well as Quetta and Kandahar, by the end of August. During the visit of Pakistan’s official delegation to Kabul, the two nations have also agreed to boost bilateral trade by allowing unrestricted travel for trucks and other goods-carrying vehicles. Meetings were…
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Customs seizes smuggled liquor worth Rs6.48 million in Karachi
During a raid on the outskirts of Karachi on Thursday, Pakistan Customs personnel recovered a massive quantity of imported liquor worth millions of rupees. According to a Customs spokesman, monitoring was increased at the Moachko checkpoint after the Customs Enforcement Collectorate got information that alcohol was being smuggled to Karachi from Quetta under the cover…
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Pak-China trade to resume through Khunjerab pass after 2-year hiatus
A lucrative trade route connecting Pakistan and China, the Khunjerab Pass will finally reopen for trade activities on April 1, 2022 after more than a 2-year hiatus. The pass was closed in November 2019 as a preventive measure against the spread of COVID-19. As per a credible resource, Chinese authorities sent Pakistan a letter requesting…
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India accuses China of preparing attack on border troops
India has accused Chinese troops of meticulously preparing an attack on its soldiers on the treacherous Himalayan border, claiming they erected a tent on the Indian side, dammed a river, brought in machinery and then lay in wait with stones and batons wrapped in barbed wire, The Guardian reported. The incident on Monday night, in which…
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‘You have crossed the border, please go back,’ Indian army to Chinese soldiers
A Himalayan border standoff between old foes India and China was triggered by India’s construction of roads and airstrips in the region as it competes with China’s spreading Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Indian observers said on Tuesday. Soldiers from both sides have been camped out in the Galwan Valley in the high-altitude Ladakh region,…