The terminals have become an important component of the overall border management system. Kabul taking steps to cut peace deal with Pakistan: GhaniAccording to statistics compiled by the Afghanistan-Pakistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry, goods trade between Islamabad and Kabul dropped $1 billion year-on-year to $1.5 billion in 2016. A border terminal has been planned at Angoor Adda in South Waziristan and construction work on it will commence after the start of Kharlachi and Ghulam Khan Khel border terminals. NLC emphasised that it had extensive operational and management experience of running the border terminals at key entry and exit points including Wagah, Torkham/Jamrud and Chaman. Border terminals at Ghulam Khan Khel, Kharlachi and Angoor Adda have their own significance as these will drastically cut distance from DI Khan to Kabul through the existing Indus Highway and planned western route of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Source: The Express Tribune January 04, 2018 04:59 UTC