After nearly two months, Pakistan has reopened the Torkham and Chaman routes for the passage of United Nations humanitarian aid to Afghanistan, media reports said on Thursday.
At least 500 kilograms of fish smuggled from Pakistan were seized at the Torkham crossing in eastern Nangarhar province, the Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock Department said on Tuesday.
Officials in Nangarhar province say the Torkham crossing will not be opened for patients and travelers today (Friday), as originally scheduled, due to incomplete restoration work.
A weeklong closure of the Torkham crossing has disrupted bilateral trade and the movement of people, resulting in financial losses for traders and difficulties for stranded individuals.
KABUL (Pajhwok): Afghan and Pakistani border officials in Torkham have held a meeting to discuss issues related to public movement and its resolution, the Minister
Custom officials in Torkham, a port township bordering Pakistan in eastern Nangarhar province, ceased CFC gas cylinders illegally transferred into Afghanistan, an official said on Tuesday.
Construction work on a building for a quarantine and inspection centre for livestock and agriculture products has been completed at a cost of 7.4 million afghanis at Torkham port, an official said on Sunday.
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): A man has been arrested in Torkham town in eastern Nangarhar province over smuggling $30,000 to Pakistan. Mullah Abdul Jabbar Hikmat, Torkham .
PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): A veteran political leader from Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has called for the immediate reopening of the Torkham crossing. Qaumi Watan .
JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Customs officials at Torkham crossing in eastern Nangarhar province have foiled an attempt to smuggle precious and semiprecious stones to Pakistan, an official
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