The normal trade and movement of people between Pakistan and Afghanistan completely proceeded on Saturday after the two sides restarted a crucial border crossing that was shut nearly a week ago by Afghanistan’s Taliban autocrats, stranding people and thousands of exchanges carrying food and essential particulars. On Wednesday, Pakistan’s defence minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif and secret service principal Nadeem Anjum travelled to Kabul and met elderly Taliban officers to bandy the check and other issues.
The continuing came a day after a high-position Pakistani delegation visited the Afghan capital, Kabul, to bandy border security, counterterrorism, and profitable cooperation with the Taliban leaders of the neighboring landlocked country. Torkham, one of several crossings on the nearly 2,600- kilometer frontier separating the two countries, was closed by the Taliban on Sunday, criminating Pakistani immigration authorities of “misbehaving” with Afghan trippers, including those seeking medical care in Pakistan. After the visit, the crossing was compactly restarted by the Afghan Taliban to allow some of the thousands of exchanges that had lined up for days at the border numerous with vegetables, fruits and other perishable food particulars – to cross and ease the backlog. On Saturday, Ziaul Haq Sarhadi, a director of the Pakistan- Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said “We’re happy to confirm that Torkham is completely open for trade and movement of people”.
A post-meeting formal Pakistani statement suggested terrorism and security matters had figured high in the addresses. “Matters relating to the growing trouble of terrorism in the region, particularly by TTP and ISKP came under discussion. The two sides agreed to unite to effectively address the trouble of terrorism posed by colorful realities and associations,” said the statement, pertaining to the indigenous Islamic State branch. “Both sides agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation in colorful fields to further enhance the brotherly relations between the two countries,” the statement concluded.
Triumphant Afghan and Pakistani truck motorists were crossing the crucial trade route with inventories, he added. Meanwhile, the Pakistani government has indicted the Taliban of sheltering fortified bushwhackers belonging to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also occasionally appertained to as the Pakistan Taliban. The Afghan Taliban has rejected the blameworthiness.
