TORKHAM BORDER: Authorities at Torkham border restricted the
border crossing after the expiration of December 31 deadline, set for
Pakistanis that they will not be permitted to travel to Afghanistan without
legal travel documents, sources said on Sunday.
Political tehsildar Torkham, Shamsul Islam, said that as per
the directives of high ups they started the implementation of border management
policy at 11 am, on January 1st. He said they thoroughly checked and
allowed to cross only those who fulfilled the requirements.
However, the official said, the number of passengers from
and to Afghanistan were less as compare with the rest of the days last year. He
said Landikotal residents, few in number, traveled to Afghanistan after showing
only their Computerized National Identity Cards (CNICs).
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