On Sunday, Pakistan, which had replaced paramilitary forces along the border with regular army troops immediately closed the Torkham border after Taliban officials took over the control of the largest crossing with Pakistan after the fall of Jalalabad. A Taliban official confirms Taliban arrived at Torkham, largest crossing with Pakistan, Sunday morning & r now managing border affairs. Meanwhile, traders in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) said that after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan, exporters on both sides of the Durand Line are facing a loss of billions of rupees. Money exchanger shops in Peshawar’s Chowk Yadgar and Quetta’s Kandahari Bazaar have stopped buying and selling of the Afghan currency. Since the buying and selling of Afghan currency has stopped, it is also causing huge losses to the traders.

Source: Pakistan Today August 17, 2021 15:00 UTC