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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-26T13:16:07.000Z",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\n\nThe Pakistan-Afghanistan border was reopened on Thursday for the repatriation of undocumented Afghan nationals after a month of clashes between the two countries, officials said.\n\nAccording to security and immigration sources, the Pak-Afghan Torkham border crossing in Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province has been temporarily reopened to facilitate the deportation of Afghan nationals, following a request from Afghan authorities.\n\nAn immigration official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told _Nukta_ that this morning all relevant authorities, including the Federal Investigation Agency, Pakistan Customs, the National Logistics Corporation, and NADRA, were instructed to keep their systems fully operational.\n\n“Around 150 Afghan nationals held in prisons across the country have been transferred to the Hamza Baba Transit Camp in Khyber, while more than 40 of them have been repatriated to Afghanistan following legal formalities,” an official said.\n\nAccording to officials, the process will continue, with illegally residing Afghan nationals gradually repatriated. “Provided no untoward incident occurs, the border will remain open for the repatriation of Afghan nationals residing illegally in Pakistan,” officials added.\n\n### Border closure timeline\n\nThe Torkham border crossing was closed after clashes erupted on February 26, when both sides exchanged heavy gunfire following a Pakistani airstrike in Afghanistan targeting a suspected cross-border militant network. Pakistan has repeatedly alleged that militants operate from Afghan territory, a claim firmly denied by Kabul.\n\nThe tensions stem from a series of earlier incidents, including explosions in Kabul on October 9 last year that triggered retaliatory attacks by Taliban forces along the Pakistan border. The violence caused casualties, damaged infrastructure and led to the closure of border crossings on October 12, disrupting trade.\n\nSince then, Pakistan and Afghanistan’s Taliban-led authorities have held multiple rounds of talks in Qatar and Turkey, but efforts to reach a lasting resolution have so far failed.",
  "title": "Pak-Afghan Torkham border reopened for repatriation amid clashes"
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