Peshawar (Web Desk): Pakistan and Afghanistan on Sunday opened the Torkham border crossing round the clock on a trial basis.
Officials from both sides also held a flag meeting to discuss security measures and trade affairs.
The participants of the meeting decided that 24-hour trade activities were in their initial stage and if they were successful, cross-border movement of citizens from the two sides would be started in the second phase. By then, round-the-clock trade activities would take place on a permanent basis.
Both side expressed their satisfaction over the step, expecting the trade volume between the two countries to double and people-to-people contact to increase.
In January, Prime Minister Imran Khan had ordered the officials concerned to make arrangements within six month for keeping the Torkham border crossing to Afghanistan open 24 hours a day.