Torkham shutdown enters 35th day, traders warn of economic collapse, rising crime
Torkham border. PHOTO: AFP
Thousands of traders, labourers and transport workers across Pakistan's northwestern border belt have been left without livelihoods as tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan enter their fifth week.
Following the Taliban's overnight attacks on Pakistani security posts on October 11-12, and Pakistan's retaliatory actions, Islamabad has shut all major crossings, including Torkham, Kharlachi, Ghulam Khan, Angoor Adda and Chaman,
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