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Around 50,000 small and medium traders connected with Pak-Afghan trade have lost their jobs at Chaman crossing due to the 18-day closure of the border ....
Trade, as well as pedestrian movement, was blocked by the Taliban authorities along the Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing on Tuesday morning. The move was announced in advance on Monday night. The governor of Kandahar said that all kinds of movement on the border had been stopped in protest against Pakistan for not honoring its commitments made with the previous Kabul administration. He said that traders and people living on both sides of the border were facing difficulties because of severe restrictions imposed by Pakistan. Detailing reservations, he said that people holding Pakistani documents were allowed unrestrained access while people bearing documents issued by the current Afgha. ....
This will affect trade in both countries SAMAA | Wakil ur Rehman - Posted: Jul 29, 2021 | Last Updated: 16 hours ago SAMAA | Wakil ur Rehman Posted: Jul 29, 2021 | Last Updated: 16 hours ago Photo: File The Afghan Taliban has started to impose customs tariffs on commercial goods, which will force traders to pay double taxes. Traders said that the Afghan government is already charging taxes, and now the Taliban will increase the cost of doing business, which will affect trade in both countries. According to a tariff document obtained by SAMAA Digital, the movement of 376 items will be taxed, including cranes, excavators, electronics, animals, medicines and food. The rate is determined by number and ton. ....
The Chaman border was closed by Pakistani authorities after Taliban captured the Afghan border district of Spin Boldak and Wesh. Reuters/File QUETTA: Pakistan on Monday reopened its border with Afghanistan at Chaman, resuming regular Afghan transit and other legal trade activities. The border was closed by Pakistani authorities after Taliban captured the Afghan border district of Spin Boldak and Wesh following fierce fighting with the Afghan National Army in the second week of the current month. The capture of the border town caused suspension of all trade and traffic between the two countries. Hundreds of trucks carrying Afghan transit trade goods were stuck in Chaman. They brought transit goods from Karachi and Gwadar sea ports. ....