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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Islamabad, November 2 (Xinhua) — Pakistan has reopened the Torkham crossing in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to facilitate the return of Afghan refugees to their homeland, officials announced on Saturday.
Khyber Agency Deputy Commissioner Bilal Rao told media that the crossing point reopened on Saturday morning to allow Afghan families who had been waiting for weeks on the Pakistani side to return home.
Hundreds of Afghan citizens arrived at the immigration center where paperwork was carried out before they were allowed to cross the border into Afghanistan, he said.
The repatriation process was suspended on October 11 after clashes erupted between Pakistan and Afghanistan, prompting Islamabad to close all border crossings to trade and travel.
A ceasefire was formally agreed in Doha on October 19, but Foreign Ministry spokesman Tahir Hussein Andrabi said at a briefing on Friday that the border "will remain closed to trade for now," adding that the resumption of commercial activity would depend on the security situation.
The closure of border crossings halted bilateral trade for several weeks, leading to a rise in prices of essential commodities in some parts of Pakistan.
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