US EditionPakistan partially reopens Torkham border crossing to allow Afghan refugees to leave
Pakistan reopened the Torkham border to allow hundreds of Afghan refugees to return home after a nearly three-week closure following deadly clashes and a ceasefire agreement.
- On Saturday, Pakistan reopened the Torkham border crossing to allow Afghan refugees to return after a nearly three-week closure.
- Pakistan closed its crossings on Oct. 12 after deadly clashes with Afghan forces, prompting Qatar to invite delegations to Doha, where a ceasefire was agreed on Oct. 19.
- A video showed local officials and Afghan soldiers welcoming returnees at Torkham, while authorities began processing arrivals at the Torkham immigration centre on November 1, 2025.
- Despite the partial reopening, commercial trade remains halted across the frontier, with pedestrian movement suspended and Pakistan authorities urging other travelers to avoid the crossing until further notice.
- Negotiators established a monitoring and verification mechanism to enforce the ceasefire after nearly weeklong Istanbul talks mediated by Turkiye and Qatar, and set a principal-level meeting for November 6, 2025.
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Pakistan partially reopens Torkham border crossing to allow Afghan refugees to leave
Pakistan has partially reopened the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan, allowing thousands of stranded Afghan refugees to return home.
Return of Afghans via Torkham border resumes
Officials from Pakistan and Afghanistan said on Saturday that the Torkham border crossing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had been reopened for Afghan refugees returning to their country. Speaking to Dawn, Khyber Deputy Commissioner Bilal Rao confirmed that the Torkham border crossing had been reopened earlier today for the resumption of Afghan refugees’ repatriation. Khizer Shah, the spokesman of the Pakistani embassy in Kabul, and Afghan officials also …
Pakistan reopens Torkham border crossing for repatriation of illegal Afghan citizens
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