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Pakistan connected Thursday (December 4, 2025) decided to let United Nations agencies to present alleviation supplies to Afghanistan from 2 borderline crossing points successful northwest Pakistan, according to an authoritative connection issued by the Ministry of Commerce.
The Ministry has written a missive to the Director General of Afghan Transit Trade and the Member Customs Operations of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), informing them of the decision.
The support has been granted connected the proposal of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, enabling humanitarian organisations to transport indispensable nutrient items crossed the border, the missive said. The support has been granted for lone 143 U.N. containers to transverse into Afghanistan via the Chaman and Torkham borderline crossings connected humanitarian grounds, it added.
The authorities directed authorities to facilitate the phase-wise clearance of containers belonging to UNICEF, the World Food Programme (WFP), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).
The clearance process should prioritise humanitarian considerations, it said, emphasising that customs officials request to guarantee the creaseless transition of cargo vehicles carrying alleviation goods.
The containers carrying medicines and aesculapian instrumentality volition beryllium cleared successful the earlier phase. Once these are processed, a 3rd signifier volition statesman to wide containers transporting acquisition kits for students and teachers, it said.
The government’s determination aims to guarantee the timely transportation of captious assistance to Afghanistan arsenic planetary agencies proceed their alleviation efforts successful the country, it added.
