KHYBER: Pakistani customs authorities on Monday issued gate passes to as many as 26 World Meals Program (WFP) containers carrying meals and important provides on the Torkham border to cross into Afghanistan.
Since October 2025, the Torkham border — a key commerce route between Pakistan and Afghanistan — has been closed as a result of “escalating safety scenario” alongside the border.
Customs clearing brokers, who had earlier within the day submitted Items Declaration (GD) paperwork to the customs authorities, advised Daybreak that the containers have been issued gate passes for crossing into Afghanistan late within the night, even supposing the gates had been formally closed for any cross-border motion.
The brokers mentioned that the containers have been made to attend all through the day as officers awaited a closing “nod” from the upper authorities after the containers arrived on the Torkham import terminal early on Monday morning.
They mentioned that the authorities had knowledgeable them that every one cleared automobiles can be allowed to proceed to Afghanistan on Tuesday, as the required customs clearance procedures, together with digital scanning, had been accomplished.
The containers have been loaded with meals and important provides for Afghanistan as a part of humanitarian help from the WFP, they added.
It’s pertinent to say right here {that a} related convoy of about 20 containers from the WFP was despatched again to Karachi earlier this 12 months after the Afghan Taliban authorities in Kabul refused to just accept any help from the UN physique.
The destiny of the 26 containers which have presently arrived can be identified early on Tuesday if the Taliban authorities allow them to enter their nation.