https://sputniknews.in/20240802/pakistan-makes-passports-mandatory-for-afghan-truckers-7953462.html
Pakistan Makes Passports Mandatory For Afghan Truckers
Pakistan Makes Passports Mandatory For Afghan Truckers
Sputnik India
Ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan have nosedived in recent months, with the former accusing the latter of sheltering elements that are working against its interests inside the Central Asian nation's territory.
2024-08-02T16:08+0530
2024-08-02T16:08+0530
2024-08-02T16:08+0530
political affairs
pakistan
afghanistan
islamabad
tehreek-e-taliban pakistan (ttp)
taliban
kabul
illegal immigration
torkham border
afghanistan-pakistan border
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.in/img/07e8/08/02/7954080_0:286:2750:1833_1920x0_80_0_0_b781ebbd60bd8549a5f5e4ea3358838f.jpg
Pakistan has made passports mandatory for truckers from Afghanistan, marking a significant shift from its previous policy of allowing the movement of goods and services from the neighbouring country without such documents. The move was announced by the South Asian Islamic Republic's Foreign Secretary Syrus Sajjad Qazi in Islamabad on Friday, underlining that the decision was taken because of "anti-Pakistan activities" on Afghan soil. Following the development, trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan was suspended, including at the Torkham border, as Pakistani authorities began asking cargo drivers for passports or permits associated with their travel. Interestingly, Pakistan has been tightening the noose around the Taliban-led Afghanistan after accusing the hardline Islamic movement in Kabul of being hand in glove with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP**).Pakistan has repeatedly blamed the TTP for targeting its security forces, military installations, and state institutions. Moreover, Pakistan has often cited Afghanistan as the safe house of TTP militants, considering its intelligence agencies have been alleging that they escape to the neighbouring nation after launching attacks inside Pakistani territory, particularly in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that borders the war-torn country in the West.*under UN sanctions for extremism.**A banned terrorist organization.
https://sputniknews.in/20240723/pakistani-taliban-enjoys-safe-havens-in-border-regions-infiltration-continues-7888560.html
pakistan
afghanistan
islamabad
kabul
torkham border
afghanistan-pakistan border
khyber pakhtunkhwa
Sputnik India
feedback.hindi@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
2024
Pawan Atri
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.in/img/07e6/0c/13/139630_147:0:831:684_100x100_80_0_0_8fa2b25903e7787fe6a2698552c167df.png
Pawan Atri
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.in/img/07e6/0c/13/139630_147:0:831:684_100x100_80_0_0_8fa2b25903e7787fe6a2698552c167df.png
News
en_IN
Sputnik India
feedback.hindi@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Sputnik India
feedback.hindi@sputniknews.com
+74956456601
MIA „Rossiya Segodnya“
Pawan Atri
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.in/img/07e6/0c/13/139630_147:0:831:684_100x100_80_0_0_8fa2b25903e7787fe6a2698552c167df.png
torkham border, pakistan afghanistan trade, pakistan suspends trade with afghanistan, afghanistan truckers passports pakistan, pakistan afghanistan truckers passports, pakistan afghanistan truck drivers, afghan truck drivers passports pakistan, afghan truck drivers passports pakistan, pakistan foreign secretary, syrus sajjad qazi,
torkham border, pakistan afghanistan trade, pakistan suspends trade with afghanistan, afghanistan truckers passports pakistan, pakistan afghanistan truckers passports, pakistan afghanistan truck drivers, afghan truck drivers passports pakistan, afghan truck drivers passports pakistan, pakistan foreign secretary, syrus sajjad qazi,
Pakistan Makes Passports Mandatory For Afghan Truckers
Ties between Pakistan and Afghanistan have nosedived in recent months, with the former accusing the latter of sheltering elements that are working against its interests inside the Central Asian nation's territory.
Pakistan has made
passports mandatory for truckers from
Afghanistan, marking a significant shift from its previous policy of allowing the movement of goods and services from the neighbouring country
without such documents.
The move was announced by the South Asian Islamic Republic's Foreign Secretary
Syrus Sajjad Qazi in Islamabad on Friday, underlining that the decision was taken because of "anti-Pakistan activities" on Afghan soil.
"After the arrival of Afghan Taliban*, anti-Pakistan activities have increased," Qazi noted.
Following the development, trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan was suspended, including at the
Torkham border, as Pakistani authorities began asking cargo drivers for passports or permits
associated with their travel.
Interestingly, Pakistan has been tightening the noose around the Taliban-led Afghanistan after accusing the hardline Islamic movement in Kabul of being hand in glove with the outlawed
Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP**).
Pakistan has repeatedly blamed the TTP for targeting its security forces, military installations, and state institutions.
Moreover, Pakistan has often cited Afghanistan as the
safe house of TTP militants, considering its intelligence agencies have been alleging that they escape to the neighbouring nation after launching attacks inside Pakistani territory, particularly in the province of
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that borders the war-torn country in the West.
*under UN sanctions for extremism.
**A banned terrorist organization.
