ISLAMABAD, March 9 (Xinhua) — Pakistan on Friday reopened an important border crossing with Afghanistan after nearly three years in a bid to boost trade between the two countries, officials said.
The Ghulam Khan border, the third major crossing point with Afghanistan in North Waziristan tribal region, was closed in June 2014 after the security forces launched a major operation against the Pakistani Taliban and foreign militants in North Waziristan.
An official in the region told Xinhua by the phone that the border was reopened for trial run of the new system equipped with bio-metric identification system.
Local traders welcomed reopening of the border and hoped that the move will increase cross-border activities in the region and also across the country.
The reopening was earlier planned on March 7, but was postponed to ensure more facilities for the traders and cross-border movement of the people.
Pakistan had introduced passport and visa system for those entering Pakistan in 2016 via Torkham, the biggest crossing between the two countries. Officials say same system will be introduced at Chaman, the second largest point, and other notified crossings.
Four trucks, carrying mostly cement, entered Afghanistan from the Pakistani side through the re-opened crossing.
Officials and traders gathered at the border point to see off the trucks, a correspondent in the area told Xinhua by the phone.
Pakistani officials had informed the Afghan authorities and traders as well as Pakistani traders in North Waziristan for the trial run of the border reopening.
Officials say the Ghulam Khan border point, which will have modern facilities, could become the biggest trade route as containers bringing Afghan transit goods from Karachi port would use this crossing instead of Torkham.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have a transit agreement, which was signed in 1960s and revised in 2010, to allow landlocked Afghanistan imports through Karachi port.
The Anglo/US overlords of Pakistan are the gate-keepers of the whole stretch of 2600 Kilio-meters- can you believe that.
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Almost two hundred millions of Pakistani’s have no control over the borders of they their own country.
And deprived the people Afghanistan from legitimate claims of sovereignty over the entire established international demarkation line.
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By giving that clause of special Legsl concession to their past colonial overlords of Indian Sub-Continent to basically have the right and the authority of such magnitud to the point of dictating, directly or indirectly, the option of weather the border gates remains open or closed.
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That simply proves that in reality the people of Pakistan does not have sovereignty over that line euther- so you can deduct that Pakistan’s slave army its and slave, so called “civilian” government have no power over its own legal and political destiny; especially on international issues..
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That also means that the above illegal Pakistanis entities have unilaterally and illegally have deprived the right of the people of Afghanistan to rightfully administer that natural stretch of the lands that lie along the unrecognized border- just because the status that particular borderline is totally determined by Anglo/US bullying regional military elite.
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And in that illegal capacity the international war criminals and warmongers have been able to perpetuate all sorts of heinous military and
non-military crimes on whole population of the entire region along the border and, in fact, inside all of Afghanistan as well.
A prime example of “THUGS AND THUG-MARS”.
The real borderline, if presumably had existed between Pakistan and Afghanistan, it would have had been run through joint patrols- but it makes no sense.
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The dysfunctional borderline
is an arbitrary foreign-drawn colonial scheme
which, by any standard, will never hold serious logic into its existence.
LET US HELP BRING
PEACE AND RESPECT-
“DIVIDING AND RULE” FORMULA
IS THE THING OF THE PAST !
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A REFRESHING
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* Pakistan, Afghanistan and all of the Islamic Central Asian nations.
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* Then, economically-integrated entity will be big and powerful enough to serve the basic interests of the whole
* population at large and command much more respect from the world body without getting subjected to forced social and economic degradation.
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* It seems far off and ideal- but it is the only solution for the region to be able to exercise free choices and stand on its own true self.
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* Baghlani says: December 2, 2017 at 11:43 pm YES !
* Just a simple and viable economic unity arrangement that would facilitate competition against other major global economic power houses.
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* Baghlani says: December 2, 2017 at 11:46 pm Otherwise; the region will indefinitely stay underdeveloped and exploited. Reply
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* Baghlani says: December 2, 2017 at 11:48 pm This is a solid proposal ! Reply
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* Baghlani says: December 2, 2017 at 11:55 pm It will boost the population of this ideal economic zone to more than 300 millions, comparable to the US and an area larger than India which has an area of 1.2.million square miles. Reply
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* Baghlani says: December 3, 2017 at 12:09 am ***** As a *hub and *gateway, Afghanistan would then definitely gain the best position; economically and strategically:
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* It will also open up wide gates of opportunities globally for all of those Centrall Asian countries with extremely talented pools of Human Resources- obviously, if managed and coordinated properly and kept safe from foreign unrelenting aggressive and exploitative moves.
As “the gate-keeper”
the it will turn into a great asset
for the people of Afghanistan- and will definitely bring mutual respect to all the surrounding great nations.
The gates will make great connections, just like it was previously serving for thousands of years- to the Midfle East, Central Asia, Europe and China.
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I THINK WE SHOULD , AT LEADT, TILT TOWARDS THAT
“HONORABLE GOAL”.
And it will, for sure, contribute to
civilized global interactions.
THST WSY, THE “PASSES” COULD CONNECT, (about 2600 km), THAT STRETCH OF NATURAL BARRIER OF THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE-WE HAVE NO RIGHT TO DEPRIVE
THE INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS FOR THE SAKE OF A
FEW GREEDY SOULS.
*IT IS A VITAL CONNECTION
TO THE WORLD- PERIOD.
For all the honorable people of the region and beyond- so, let us make it a reality for the service of all.