Khaama Press: Afghanistan has reached to an agreement with India to airlift trade commodities as tensions remain persistent between Afghanistan and Pakistan along the Durand Line. Officials in Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) have said the agreement was reached with India after closure of land route by Pakistan incurred millions in loss to the Afghan
1TV: The Friendship date at the Chaman border to re-open on September 1, following the accord of Afghan and Pakistani officials, Dawn reported citing Frontier Corps Spokesman Khan Wasay. The border was closed on August 18 after Pakistani officials claimed that Afghan protesters have attacked the gate and set the Pakistani flag on fire. Click here to
Khaama Press: Afghanistan has reportedly deported 250 Pakistani workers as deadlock persists along the Durand Line near Chaman with the crossing remaining closed for the 10th consecutive day. The crossing, Friendship Gate, was closed ten days ago after the Pakistani officials claimed that several Afghan demonstrators attacked the gate and set the Pakistani flag on fire. Numerous
International Business Times: Islamabad has reportedly refused to reopen the Friendship Gate at the Afghan border in Chaman in southwestern Balochistan province, which it closed on 19 August after protestors from the neighbouring country set ablaze a Pakistani flag a day earlier. The Pak-Afghan border has now remained closed for the seventh consecutive day as the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 22, 2016 A major crossing on the Afghan-Pakistan border has been closed over a dispute over the burning of a Pakistani flag by Afghan demonstrators last week. Pakistani officials said the Chamman crossing was closed after a group of Afghan youth celebrating the country’s independence day on August 19 ransacked
PTI: Pakistan has closed one of its main border point with Afghanistan after a group of Afghans staged a protest and tried to attack the crossing in the troubled Balochistan province. A large number of people had gathered near Friendship Gate at Chaman in Balochistan to celebrate Afghanistan’s national day Friday. Click here to read more (external
VOA News Ayaz Gul July 25, 2016 ISLAMABAD—Pakistan plans to inaugurate its newly built gate at a busy border crossing with Afghanistan on August 1, allowing authorities to effectively monitor and discourage illegal movement in either direction, officials said Monday. Afghan objections to the construction of the gate at the Torkham crossing triggered days of
ISLAMABAD, July 22 (Xinhua) — Pakistan and Afghanistan will hold a high level meeting in Kabul on July 26 to discuss a border mechanism to check the illegal cross-border movement, officials said on Friday. Pakistan introduced a new mechanism from June 1st that makes it obligatory for every Afghan to carry legal travel documents for
Pakistan Observer: Mahmood Khan Achakzai claimed that he had merely stated that Khyber Pukhotonkhwa was once part of Afghanistan, cannot be dismissed lightly. It is a mere after-thought, a crude attempt to escape from the aftermath. Afghans do have claim on KP, rejecting the British-created Durand Line, but it is also a fact that KP, after historical
VOA News Ayaz Gul June 28, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—Pakistan plans to fence its long, porous border with Afghanistan after construction of checkpoints at all established crossings is completed, a top government adviser said Tuesday. Tariq Fatemi, a close aide to the prime minister on foreign policy, said in Islamabad that “border management mechanisms” were being