The protestors blocked the traffic restrictions of government institutions in the border town of “Chaman”.
The members of the movement protesting the traffic restrictions asked the employees of the customs, passport and other offices to refrain from going to their offices. |
According to the regional office Tasnim News Agency, the “Chaman” protest movement, in response to their continued protests against traffic restrictions between Afghanistan and Pakistan, closed the gates of all government institutions in this border town.
The members of this movement emphasize that until the government of Pakistan decides If passports and visas are not made mandatory, government offices will not be allowed to operate.
Sadegh Achakzai, the spokesperson of the Chaman protest movement, said: As long as there are traffic restrictions, their offices will also be closed.
Mohammed Wali, one of the members of this movement, also said about this: We have come to the passport office and we tell the employees not to come to their offices.
On the other hand Local sources at the border crossing “Torkham” say that Pakistani officers have distributed notices at this border crossing, according to which Afghan patients and drivers are not allowed to enter the country without a visa from March 31.
The interim government of Pakistan, whose work has ended as a result of the general elections, has repeatedly made visas mandatory for the movement of tribal people on both sides of the border. The dispute between Afghanistan and Pakistan, known as the Durand Line, has been attempted, a decision that has not been implemented so far due to the opposition of the Afghan authorities and the sit-in of the people of Pakistan’s tribal areas.
Pakistan’s decision means the end of the period when travelers could cross the border with other documents such as the agreed British India period documents and national identity cards.
> If their demands are not accepted by the new Islamabad government, they will cut the barbed wire of the Durand line.
© | Webangah News Hub has translated this news from the source of Tasnim News Agency |