By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal August 1, 2024 Pakistani authorities have banned the entry of Afghan drivers through the Torkham border crossing as of August 1 unless they have passports and visas. Torkham, a critical trade route between Pakistan and Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, had been reopened by Pakistan in January after a 10-day closure prompted by Islamabad’s imposing
RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal: Pakistan after a nine-month closure that resulted in financial losses and rising anger on both sides. Click here to read more (external link).
By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal July 21, 2024 Pakistan on July 21 reopened a key border crossing point with Afghanistan after a nine-month closure following complaints by residents. Pakistan in October closed the Chaman-Spin Boldak border that runs through Pashtun communities, ending the century-old Easement Rights, which had allowed certain communities along the 19th-century Durand Line border
By RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi and Abubakar Siddique May 17, 2024 At least one Taliban border guard and one Pakistani soldier have been killed and several more injured in the latest border clashes between them. The clashes continued into the early hours of May 17 after they first erupted five days ago. Pakistani and Taliban forces
Tolo News: “The Durand Line is an imaginary line, and there is no issue between Pakistan and us in this respect. The issue is that the British at the time drew this line in accordance with an agreement they had made with Abdul Rahman Khan. Whatever Pakistani officials say about this is unacceptable because it
FP: Afghanistan’s government doesn’t recognize a 130-year-old border—and its local affiliates are causing havoc in the Pakistani borderlands… Dawar said the turning of the Taliban tables on Pakistan “was predictable.” The Taliban “are now a threat to Central Asia. They are now a threat to Iran, to Pakistan, and to even China. All of them
Khaama: In a vivid manifestation of escalating tensions, Asif Durrani, Pakistan’s special envoy to Afghanistan, has emphatically dismissed the Taliban’s contentious stance on the Durand Line, underscoring Islamabad’s rigid position on the historic border dispute. This sharp exchange marks a significant heightening in the long-standing discord over the demarcation that has been a point of
Tolo News: The acting Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs, Noorullah Noori, said that Afghanistan does not have a definite border with Pakistan. “We do not have a formal border with Pakistan and do not have a zero point with Pakistan. This [Durand Line] is an imaginary line between us,” Noorullah Noori said. Click here
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi RFE/RL’s Radio Mashaal January 16, 2024 Taliban and Pakistani officials have failed to agree on reopening the busiest border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan following its closure last week after Islamabad imposed a requirement for passports and visas for Afghan drivers. “Yesterday, our meeting with the Pakistani border officials ended without bearing