{"id":27370,"date":"2025-02-23T06:02:07","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T06:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/?p=27370"},"modified":"2025-02-23T06:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T06:02:07","slug":"pakistan-closes-torkham-border-crossing-causing-disruption-for-travelers-and-traders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/2025\/02\/pakistan-closes-torkham-border-crossing-causing-disruption-for-travelers-and-traders\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan closes Torkham border crossing, causing disruption for travelers and traders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>JALALABAD (SW) &#8211; Local authorities in Nangarhar report that Pakistan has closed the Torkham border crossing to all traffic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sayed Tayeb Hemad, spokesman for the Nangarhar Police Command, told Salam Watandar that Pakistani border guards shut down the crossing late Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the closure came in response to the construction of several facilities along the border by the Islamic Emirate&#8217;s de-facto government in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Pakistani side asked us to refrain from constructing facilities near the border and to avoid reacting to Pakistan&#8217;s construction efforts,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<p>On the other side, several travelers, patients, and truck drivers at Torkham are facing significant difficulties due to the closure.<\/p>\n<p>Hamed, a patient&#8217;s companion who was on his way to Pakistan for treatment, is stranded at Torkham with his mother. He says, &#8220;My mother and I were going to Pakistan for her medication, but now the gate is closed. How long should we wait?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Noor al-Haq, an Afghan businessman, urges both the Islamic Emirate and Pakistan to resolve the issue quickly. He adds, &#8220;It\u2019s not just for one or two days; Pakistan closes the gate whenever they want. This harms businesses on both sides.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Torkham is a crucial border crossing between Afghanistan, Pakistan, and South Asian countries. This crossing is often closed by Pakistan for various reasons.<\/p>\n<h6><em><strong>ENDS<\/strong><\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several travelers, patients, and truck drivers at Torkham are facing significant difficulties due to the closure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":18170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[990,984,8,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest","category-news","category-governance","category-headline"],"views":55,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27370"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27371,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27370\/revisions\/27371"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swn.af\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}