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Masses of people are crossing the Torkham border crossing between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Afghanistan is facing the return of its own citizens who were expelled from Pakistan and Iran.
Twenty-one of 26 World Food Programme (WFP) vehicles carrying aid items have crossed into Afghanistan via the Torkham border, a key trade route between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Peshawar-Torkham Highway has reopened following its temporary closure by Sultan Khel tribesmen protesting the handling of targeted killings in their area by Zaka Khel elders and government authorities.
The Pakistani government has reopened the key Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan, with a spokesman indicating that other activities will be gradually restored if conditions remain favorable.
The repatriation of undocumented Afghan nationals was suspended after a Pakistani border security official was injured in a cross-border attack from the Afghan side at the Torkham border crossing.
The body of an Afghan national, which had been at Zero Point on the Torkham border for several days, was finally handed over to Afghan authorities by local tribal elders on Thursday.
Afghanistan launched drone strikes on Pakistan military sites. This action followed Pakistani airstrikes in Afghan border areas. Fighting is ongoing in the Torkham border region. Both nations report different casualty figures. International bodies urge both countries to cease hostilities and pursue diplomatic solutions. Previous border clashes were resolved through mediation.
Mosharraf Zaidi, the prime minister’s spokesperson for foreign media, said on Tuesday said that the Afghan Taliban regime initiated unprovoked firing along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham and Tirah. In a post on the social media platform X, he said, “Pakistan’s security forces responded immediately and effectively, silencing the Taliban aggression.” He said that any further provocation would be responded to “immediately and severely”. He said Pakistan would “continue to protect it...
724 trucks carrying international emergency aid arrived in Afghanistan from Pakistan today, crossing the Torkham border which had been largely closed since October, bringing food and various goods to the country.
Pakistani customs authorities have issued gate passes for 26 World Food Programme (WFP) containers carrying food and essential supplies to cross into Afghanistan via the Torkham border.
The return of Afghans has resumed amidst a crisis at the Torkham border, while a Jirga has threatened protests as the border closure continues to strand Pakistanis and disrupt trade and transport.
The Torkham border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has reopened, allowing for the resumption of repatriation efforts for undocumented Afghans. The frontier connects Pakistan's KP with Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.
The deportation and return of undocumented Afghan nationals through the Torkham border has resumed, following its month-long closure due to clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
KHYBER: Pakistan and Afghanistan border forces on Thursday agreed on a brief pause amid ongoing clashes to identify and collect a dead body lying at Zero Point at Torkham for the last few…
Explosions were reported in Kabul after Afghan forces launched a border offensive late Thursday. Fresh clashes are also being reported near the key Torkham border crossing. DW has the latest.
Demonstrators are demanding the reopening of the Torkham border crossing, warning of an indefinite sit-in if pedestrian movement and trade are not restored.
Around 70 medical students, who were stranded in Afghanistan following the closure of the Torkham border, have successfully returned home.
The repatriation of Afghan nationals from neighboring countries continues, with 175,000 individuals having returned so far this year, primarily through the Torkham border crossing.
The Torkham border crossing has been closed once again after an FC soldier was injured by fire from Afghanistan during the repatriation of Afghan citizens.
The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) province is set to partially reopen the Torkham border, initiating a phased return of Afghans, beginning with prisoners held in jails.
The Taliban's Ministry of Refugees has accused Pakistan of bombing migrant camps in Torkham and Spin Boldak, calling the actions 'moral and humanitarian crimes' against deported civilians.
Pakistani forces swiftly retaliated against unprovoked cross-border fire from the Taliban in Torkham and Tirah, destroying a Taliban post.