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Torkham border with Afghanistan closed by Pakistan to stem COVID-19 spread
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 6 (ANI): Pakistan has decided on Tuesday to close the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan to stem COVID-19 spread.
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Pakistan's trade disrupted as Afghan Khugakhel tribesmen block Torkham bor
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Karachi [Pakistan], May 29 (ANI): Pakistan's trade with Afghanistan through Torkham remained suspended on the third consecutive day on Thursday as Khugakhel tribesmen continued their protest and blockade of the main road leading to the border crossing.
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Pakistan to open border crossings with Afghanistan for 6 days a week
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 16 (ANI): Pakistan has decided to open its border crossings with Afghanistan round the clock for six days in a week to facilitate cross-border trade, which has been affected due to the COVID-19 in both countries.
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Afghan authorities take back their citizens stranded in border towns with
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Landi Kotal [Pakistan], May 7 (ANI): Thousands of Afghan citizens, mostly ailing women and children, stranded in extreme conditions near Pakistan-Afghanistan border for nearly a week, were permitted to cross to their country, via Torkham border, officials said.
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Pak COAS meets Afghanistan President in Kabul
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], June 13 (ANI): Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani met with Pakistan Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and other visiting delegation in Kabul on Tuesday.
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Pak warns its citizens of likely abductions in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec 9 (ANI): Pakistan has issued a warning to its citizens working in Afghanistan or willing to travel to the nation, regarding a likely abduction risk.
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Over 8000 vehicles stranded at Torkham to enter Pakistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], May 2 (ANI): Over 8,000 vehicles are stranded at the Afghanistan side of Torkham border awaiting for clearance to cross into Pakistan.
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Torkham, Chaman border crossings stay open for second day
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar.8 (ANI): The crossings of Torkham and Chaman on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border remained open for the second day on Wednesday, allowing thousands of stranded Afghans and Pakistanis to cross over into their respective countries.
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Pakistan to open Torkham, Chaman border crossings on March 7 and 8
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Mar. 6 (ANI): Pakistan said it has decided to open border crossings with Afghanistan at Torkham and Chaman on March 7 and 8 to allow people, visiting the two counties on valid visas, to return.
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Afghanistan summons Pak envoy, protests border violation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 28 (ANI): The foreign ministry of Afghanistan has lodged a formal protest with Pakistan over reported border violations by the latter after the closure of Torkham, Spin Boldak, Ghulam Khan and Angur Adda border crossings.
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Afghan envoy demands reopening Torkham border
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb. 23 (ANI): Afghan ambassador to Islamabad Omar Zakhilwal has demanded authorities to reopen the Torkham border, which was shut down by Pakistan following the Sehwan attack.
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Sehwan blast: Pakistan shuts Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], Feb 17 (ANI): Pakistan has shut down the Torkham border crossing with Afghanistan for an indefinite period of time, after at least 70 were people killed and several others injured in a suicide attack on the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar in Sehwan on Thursday.
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