NATO supply line remains undisturbed
Trucks continue to cross Torkham border despite PTI’s claims of blocking the route.
In this file photo cargo trucks, including those carrying supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan, are seen halted along the Pakistan-Torkham border. PHOTO: REUTERS
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Vehicles loaded with supplies for Nato troops stationed in Afghanistan continue to cross the border at Torkham, Khyber Agency falsifying claims of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activists of having effectively blocked the route in Peshawar.
An official of the political administration, Fayaz Khan on Friday confirmed the route was open for Nato supply traffic and containers carrying supplies to Afghanistan as well as containers heading to Karachi with goods continue to cross the border at Torkham.
According to Khan, on Friday three containers loaded with goods from Nato troops in Afghanistan passed through Khyber Agency for Karachi, while one vehicle passed into Afghanistan after screening. “The trucks arrived a day ago and were parked at Torkham’s Nato Terminal under high security. They were allowed to head to Karachi on Friday morning after scanning and customs clearance, and they passed through Jamrud check post to Peshawar,” said Khan.
The official added this was not the first time that containers passed through. On January 31, three trucks passed through Khyber Agency destined for Karachi, while on January 23 and January 24, one container each day crossed the border into Afghanistan. “They came from Karachi via Peshawar, none of the PTI activists stopped them,” claimed Khan.
Another political administration official deployed at Torkham said a few containers carrying Nato goods from Afghanistan have reached Torkham and are parked at the terminal. He added khasadars and paramilitary officials were providing security to the vehicles and they will be sent to Karachi after the activists end their sit-in.
Activists of the PTI and its coalition partners in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have set up a protest camp at the Hayatabad Toll Plaza in Peshawar since November 23 to prevent trucks carrying supplies for Nato troops in Afghanistan from crossing the border. The sit-in is arranged in protest of the US government’s drone strikes in the region and PTI chief Imran Khan has said it would continue till the strikes end. However, Nato supply vehicles from both sides of the border continue to cross over.
Vehicles loaded with supplies for Nato troops stationed in Afghanistan continue to cross the border at Torkham, Khyber Agency falsifying claims of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) activists of having effectively blocked the route in Peshawar.
An official of the political administration, Fayaz Khan on Friday confirmed the route was open for Nato supply traffic and containers carrying supplies to Afghanistan as well as containers heading to Karachi with goods continue to cross the border at Torkham.
According to Khan, on Friday three containers loaded with goods from Nato troops in Afghanistan passed through Khyber Agency for Karachi, while one vehicle passed into Afghanistan after screening. “The trucks arrived a day ago and were parked at Torkham’s Nato Terminal under high security. They were allowed to head to Karachi on Friday morning after scanning and customs clearance, and they passed through Jamrud check post to Peshawar,” said Khan.
The official added this was not the first time that containers passed through. On January 31, three trucks passed through Khyber Agency destined for Karachi, while on January 23 and January 24, one container each day crossed the border into Afghanistan. “They came from Karachi via Peshawar, none of the PTI activists stopped them,” claimed Khan.
Another political administration official deployed at Torkham said a few containers carrying Nato goods from Afghanistan have reached Torkham and are parked at the terminal. He added khasadars and paramilitary officials were providing security to the vehicles and they will be sent to Karachi after the activists end their sit-in.
Activists of the PTI and its coalition partners in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa have set up a protest camp at the Hayatabad Toll Plaza in Peshawar since November 23 to prevent trucks carrying supplies for Nato troops in Afghanistan from crossing the border. The sit-in is arranged in protest of the US government’s drone strikes in the region and PTI chief Imran Khan has said it would continue till the strikes end. However, Nato supply vehicles from both sides of the border continue to cross over.