US EditionTorkham Border Crossing Reopen Temporarily, Officials Say
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Torkham Border Crossing Reopen Temporarily, Officials Say
Local officials in Nangarhar have announced that the Torkham border crossing will reopen today exclusively for migrant travel. Quraishi Badloon, head of Taliban Information and Culture in Nangarhar, wrote on his social media platform on Wednesday evening, March 25, that the crossing will open from 9 a.m. Thursday for the safe and orderly movement of migrants. The decision aims to ensure secure and regulated transit for Afghans traveling between …
Abidullah Farooqi, a spokesman for the Taliban border police, says that reports about the reopening of the Torkham border crossing are not true. Mr. Farooqi issued a statement today (Wednesday, 25th of Ashraf) saying that the border crossing will remain closed as before. Earlier, a number of media outlets had reported that the Torkham border crossing was scheduled to reopen today. Pakistan closed the Torkham crossing and other border crossings w…
Partial opening of Torkham Border approved for Afghan refugees' repatriation
PESHAWAR, Mar 25: The Khyber Pakhtukhwa government has approved the partial reopening of the Torkham border specifically for organized convoys of refugees returning to Afghanistan but it would not be opened for general public movement. In the first phase, Afghan prisoners currently held in jails will be repatriated. According to official sources, over 1,000 Afghan prisoners are in Peshawar Central Jail, while around 1,200 are in Kohat and Haripu…
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