Chaman crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan was reopened after 5 months
Local sources in the border area of Chaman in a conversation with the media said that the business activity between Afghanistan and Pakistan has resumed after five months of waiting. |
According to the regional office of Tasnim news agency, local sources In the border region between Afghanistan and Pakistan, they announced the resumption of commercial activity at the Chaman crossing after five months of waiting. Chaman – the border point between Afghanistan and Pakistan – which was blocked since November 2023 has been facilitated and business activities have resumed in this area.
According to reports, Since the interim government of Pakistan made it mandatory to have passports and visas to travel to Afghanistan, hundreds of people demonstrated and sat in after October 21.
Some traders, Members of political parties and social activists had previously staged a sit-in protesting the unilateral decision of the interim government of Pakistan to impose traffic restrictions.
Pakistanis passed by card identification and Afghans with Afghan birth certificates could travel on both sides of Chaman border crossing.
This closure had led to significant economic problems for the local community and Some of them lost their business.
It should be said that the Chaman border crossings between Afghanistan and Pakistan have been blocked and then reopened several times recently.
© | Webangah News Hub has translated this news from the source of Tasnim News Agency |