Torkham border authorities deport 59 Afghan citizens

Around 59 Afghan citizens including 4 women and 8 children were deported to Afghanistan by the Pak border Torkham authorities at Torkham border on Tuesday. Sources informed that following suspension of the Torkham border, the 51 Afghan nationals who tried to enter Pak territory via deserted route in PasedKhel and other bordering areas of tehsil LandiKotal without any travelling document were apprehended by the Frontier Corps (FC) and shifted to the forces cantonment for investigation.
Last day the political administration officials deported them by handing over to the Afghan border security officials at the Pak-Afghan sharing border, Torkham. A bride who was also stranded at the border was also permitted to cross the border to Afghanistan.
It is to be mentioned here that the bride had been brought in a procession from Abottabad to take her to Jalalabad city of Nengarhar province of Afghanistan, however on the same day, the border was closed and she stayed for four days in Gagra area of tehsil LandiKotal. Last day she along with seven of her relatives was permitted to enter in Afghanistan. Meanwhile the Pak-Afghan, Torkham border remained closed on the fifth day and all movements were restricted on the border. Dozens of loaded trucks were stuck in blockage of the border that multiplied miseries of the transporters, drivers told.