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Pak-Afghan border at Torkham reopened for trade, traffic

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reopened a key border crossing with neighbouring Afghanistan to all types of traffic on Saturday. The Torkham border, which connects Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to neighbouring Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, was shut down unilaterally by the interim Taliban administration last week. Later the Afghan administration announced to reopen it on Thursday. However, Pakistani authorities refused to reopen the border. “Last evening, we temporarily opened the border for Pakistanis who were stuck on the Afghan side,” the local official said. “Finally, we fully reopened the border for trade, transit, and pedestrian movement from both sides this morning,” he