Open Wagah or lose transit route, Ghani warns Pakistan

September 11, 2016 10:33

Kabul has threatened to shut the Afghan transit route for Pakistani exports to Central Asia if Islamabad does not allow Afghan traders to use Lahore's Wagah border for trade with India.

"If Pakistan does not allow Afghan traders to use the Wagah border for imports and exports of their goods, Afghanistan will also not allow Pakistan to use Afghan transit routes to reach Central Asia and other countries for exports,' President Ashraf Ghani said in a meeting with UK's special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan Owen Jenkins in Kabul.

The remarks came amid tension between the two uneasy neighbours over several issues and particularly in the backdrop of Pakistans decision to introduce a new mechanism at its Torkham border that requires every Afghan to carry passport and visa for crossing the border.

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