Around 200 Afghan Families Stranded in Pakistan's Khyber and Landi Kotal Amid Torkham Border Closure
Around 200 Afghan families returning to Afghanistan are stranded in Pakistan's Khyber and Landi Kotal areas due to the closure of the Torkham border crossing.
The border remains shut amid tensions between Pakistan and the Taliban. Pakistan briefly reopened the Torkham crossing on the 6th of Hamal, allowing some returning migrants to pass, but closed it again after one day.
Qureshi Badlon, from the Information and Culture Directorate in Nangarhar province, stated that Pakistan has closed the Torkham border to all traffic.
The stranded families have reported hardships, including forcible evictions by Pakistani police from their homes. Many are now living on the streets near the border areas despite the crossing being inaccessible.
The closure follows a period of about a month during which the border was shut, exacerbating difficulties for Afghans seeking to return home. The situation has left hundreds of families in limbo on the Pakistani side, unable to proceed to Afghanistan.
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