KABUL: The busiest border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan has been closed to trade in the latest dispute over document rules for commercial vehicle drivers crossing the border.
Crossings between the two countries have been temporarily closed in recent months after Islamabad last year launched a major crackdown on undocumented Afghans living in Pakistan and tightened document requirements for Afghans entering the country.
Both sides blamed the other for the latest shutdown of the Torkham crossing, which began late Friday night, according to officials on both sides of the border.
“Torkham is closed to commercial truck drivers without visas from Pakistani authorities,” Afghan border official Abdul Jabbar Hekmat said in a statement on Friday.
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