Transit trade, pedestrian traffic increase at Torkham border: Sadiq Khan

ISLAMABAD, February 28: The transit trade and pedestrian traffic across Torkham border has witnessed an increase.
Special Representative of Pakistan to Afghanistan, Muhammad Sadiq Khan said this in a tweet on Monday. Khan tweeted that more than 22,665 citizens and 1,585 trucks crossed the border from different points including Torkham, Kharlachi, Gulam Khan, Angoor Adda and Chaman on Sunday.
He said 12,132 people entered Afghanistan from Pakistan while 10,553 people came to Pakistan from the Afghanistan side the previous day. He said that a total of 1585 trucks crossed the border during the day, out of which 708 with goods crossed into Afghanistan whereas 568 trucks carrying goods entered Pakistan. In addition, 61 transit trucks also went to Afghanistan whereas 2 transit trucks and 246 empty trucks entered Pakistan.
He said, after getting treatment in different hospitals of Pakistan, as many as 15 Afghan patients were sent back to their home country through Torkham Crossing Point whereas 138 patients were allowed to come to Pakistan for treatment. In addition, 590 people were vaccinated against coronavirus at the crossing points.
Earlier on Sunday, Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing, a key border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan, was reopened after three-day closure. “The border has reopened for all sorts of activities,” a spokesman for Pakistan’s paramilitary border force said. – DNA