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1 week ago | tolonews.com | Sadaqat Ghorzang

Officials at the temporary Omari Camp in the Torkham township have reported the distribution of 145 million afghani since April this year to nearly 20,000 families who were forcibly deported from Pakistan. Abdul Hadi Akhundzada, head of the financial committee at Omari Camp, said: "We have distributed 145 million afghani.

1 week ago | tolonews.com | Sadaqat Ghorzang

In the past five months, Pakistan has forcibly deported more than 20,000 Afghan families through the Torkham crossing. Baz Mohammad Abdul Rahman, Director of Refugees and Repatriation in Nangarhar, told TOLOnews that seventy percent of these families have been resettled in Nangarhar province. He stated: “The number of returnees is 97,883 individuals, with 70 percent of them settled in Nangarhar and the remaining 30 percent relocated to other provinces.

2 weeks ago | tolonews.com | Sadaqat Ghorzang

The deputy prime minister for economic affairs stated at the inauguration ceremony of a solar power project in Mehtarlam, the capital of Laghman province, that the implementation of such projects will gradually reduce dependence on imported electricity. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar further emphasized that the caretaker government is committed to providing facilities for domestic industrialists, adding that seven contracts for electricity production have already been signed.

3 weeks ago | tolonews.com | Sadaqat Ghorzang

Pakistan's Special Representative for Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq held talks with officials at the Torkham town to promote trade activities and prevent violence along the Durand Line. Torkham Commissioner Abdul Jabbar Hikmat told TOLOnews that the two sides discussed facilitating the movement of commercial goods, emergency patients, and travelers. Speaking about the meeting, Commissioner Hikmat said: “Efforts should now focus on expanding trade.

1 month ago | tolonews.com | Sadaqat Ghorzang

The Pakistani government recently announced that after the end of May this year, Afghan drivers will no longer be allowed to cross the Torkham crossing without a passport and visa. Torkham is one of Afghanistan’s most important commercial crossings, with hundreds of cargo trucks transporting goods daily. Meanwhile, drivers using this route say the Pakistani government’s decision has disrupted their daily operations.