Islamabad (Staff Report): Prime Minister Imran Khan on Monday said that he has directed the relevant authorities to make necessary arrangements for Torkham border to remain open 'round the clock' within next six months.
The PM in a tweet, said this step will be instrumental in boosting bilateral trade and enhancing people to people contacts between the brotherly countries of Pakistan and Afghanistan.
I have tasked the relevant govt stakeholders to make necessary arrangements for the Torkhum border to work round the clock within next 6 months. This step will be instrumental in boosting bilateral trade & enhancing people to people contacts between the two brotherly countries.
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) January 28, 2019
The tweet has come in a time when the United States and the Taliban said they had made substantial progress during peace talks to end the 17-year US war in Afghanistan.
Zalmay Khalilzad, who was named by President Donald Trump’s administration to find a way out of Afghan war, shared details of his latest round of talks with the Taliban in Qatar with President Ashraf Ghani and other government officials in Kabul, a statement from the president’s office said Monday.
On Saturday, after six days of meetings with the Taliban in Qatar, Khalilzad on his official twitter account said: “Meetings here were more productive than they have been in the past.”
“We made significant progress on vital issues,” he tweeted, without offering details.
