by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, Dec 7th, 2023KHYBER: Border authorities of Pakistan and Afghanistan “amicably resolved” a dispute regarding the placement of a steel board on the Pakistan side, adorned with welcoming words on Wednesday. Officials at Torkham border said that Afghan authorities initially objected to the fixing of the ‘Welcome to Pakistan’ board and also suspended vehicular traffic from its side while arguing that they were not taken into confidence over an ‘amendment in…
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report in Khaama Press online, Dec 2, 2023The Pakistani government is sending Afghan migrants back home, and at the same time, they’ve closed the Torkham border crossing for patients who don’t have passports and visas. The information and culture department in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan has announced through a statement that the Torkham border crossing was closed on Friday to patients lacking legal documents such as visas and passports. Previously, border officials at the Torkham…
By Javed Aziz Khan in The News, Nov 9, 2023PESHAWAR: Around 200,000 Afghans have returned home via Torkham after the government’s drive against undocumented foreigners. The police in Peshawar and other districts have started checking documents of vendors and shopkeepers in some areas to find if they possessed the Proof of Registration (PoR) cards or any other document legalizing their stay in Pakistan. No mass arrests were reported from any locality. There were concerns from…
By Umer Farooq in Dawn, November 6th, 2023PESHAWAR: More than 6,500 Afghan nationals left Pakistan through the Torkham border on Sunday, taking the number of repatriated Afghans to over 170,000, according to border officials. The voluntary evacuation has been going on since the government gave an ultimatum to all unregistered foreign nationals to leave Pakistan by Oct 31, after which action would be taken against them as per law. According to officials, a total of…
Report in Dawn, October 9th, 2023Afghan families en route for their homeland wait for clearance in Landi Kotal, Khyber district, on Sunday. — PPIKHYBER: Return of unregistered Afghan nationals gained further momentum as at least 8,000 of them crossed the Torkham border on Sunday while police also started profiling of Afghans living in different parts of Khyber district. Immigration officials at Torkham border told Dawn that over 150 families, mostly unregistered but in possession of…
by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, October 6th, 2023KHYBER: Amid the government’s ultimatum for all undocumented immigrants to leave Pakistan by the end of October, 30 Afghan families have returned to their country via the Torkham border crossing over the last couple of days. Though immigration officials termed it a ‘routine affair’, independent sources attributed the sudden rise in return of Afghan families to the government’s ultimatum. Sources close to the development said the number of…
by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, October 6th, 2023KHYBER: Amid the government’s ultimatum for all undocumented immigrants to leave Pakistan by the end of October, 30 Afghan families have returned to their country via the Torkham border crossing over the last couple of days. Though immigration officials termed it a ‘routine affair’, independent sources attributed the sudden rise in return of Afghan families to the government’s ultimatum. Sources close to the development said the number of…
by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, Sept 15th, 2023KHYBER: With senior officials of Pakistan and Afghanistan reaching an understanding during their protracted parleys during the last week of Torkham border closure, positive signs emerged on late Thursday about the possible reopening of the border on Friday morning. Though there was no official word on record about the border re-opening of Friday till the filing of this story, social media was abuzz with reports about its possible…
By Ashrafuddin Pirzada in The News, Sept 10, 2023LANDIKOTAL: The Torkham border crossing remained shut for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday amid tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Traders estimate that Pakistan’s treasury has incurred losses of millions of rupees over the past four days. They fear that this figure could double in the upcoming days if the stranded trucks are not allowed to proceed to their destinations. Upon reaching out to border officials, this…
Editorial in The Nation, Sept 8, 2023The recent closure of the Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan due to clashes between their security forces is a troubling development that underscores the deteriorating relations between the two neighbouring nations. This incident not only threatens peace and stability in the region but also disrupts vital trade routes and exposes the inability of the Afghan government to maintain control over its territory. The Torkham border crossing is…
By Shamsurrahman Khpalwak in ToloNews, Sept 7, 2023 at 8:34 PMThe Islamic Emirate’s spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, said that one of Islamic Emirate soldiers was killed and two others were injured as a result of yesterday’s clashes at the Torkham crossing between the Pakistani military and the Islamic Emirate forces. Mujahid did not address the cause of the clashes, but he emphasized that tensions should be solved through dialogue. “We ask the Pakistani side to be…