Pak-Afghan discussed trade issues on both sides

By Ashrafuddin Pirzada LANDIKOTAL: A meeting of Pak-Afghan customs officials held at Torkham border to bring an ease in bilateral trade and commerace activities between Pakistan and Afghanistan via Torkham border. The meeting was continued for few hours discussed various trade related issues on both side of the border that had created constraints in bilateral business activities. Pakistan's customs deputy collector Amanat Khan led the Pakistani side while Afghan customs head Khial Zaman Amarkhel and Abdul Hamid Dost led the Afghan side. Talking to The News deputy collector Torkham customs Amanat Khan said that the agenda of the meeting was to find solutions to bring an ease and expadite the import and export documents process on the both sides offices. He said they also discussed about the around six hundreds empty trucks stranded on the Afghan side of the border. Amanat said clearance of goods documents was the core issue with Afghanistan. The meeting agreed to facilitate the traders and transporters to further increase import and export from and to Afghanistan. Meanwhile, On the directives of NCOC, Pakistani border authorities allowed Afghan students to enter Pakistan via Torkham border. Addtional assistant commissioner Ashrafuddin visited Torkham border and monitor the Afghan students enteries into Pakistan. Ashrafuddin said those Afghan student enroled in Pakistani educational institutions would go through official formalities and would follow Corona SOP. He said all Afghan student must be quarantined at Corona centres for 14 days at least before they proceed to their studies in Pakistan. Road reopened: The Peshawar-Torkham highway which blocked at Takia area of Landikotal for the last one day reopened after successful talks held between Sultankhel tribal elders and police officials.