Torkham (Urdu: طورخم) is located in Khyber agency of the FATA, Pakistan. The phrase Zaban-e Urdu-e Mualla written in Urdu Urdu () is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family that developed under Persian, Turkish, and Arabic influence in South Asia during the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ... Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) are areas of Pakistan outside any of the four provinces, comprising a region of some 27,220 km² (10,507 mi²). Neighbouring regions are: Afghanistan to the west with the border marked by the Durand Line, the North-West Frontier to the north, the Punjab...
During a visit to Torkham, this scribe was informed by Bakhtiar Khan, Political Tehsildar, that so far 3,000 meters wall has been constructed while work is in progress on remaining portion.
Tirah Valley which is considered a state was known for cultivation of quality poppy crops in all over the region, now could be considered a poppy-free zone, thus enabling the government of honouring its commitments with the global community.
With construction of the wall at Torkham border could further cement influence of the government functionaries on Durand Line between the two countries.
MICHNI(Khyber Agency), Nov 15: Thousands of Afghans intending to enter Afghanistan were stranded at Torkham on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border as the new Afghan border guards closed the war-ravaged countrys border with Pakistan on Thursday.
However, some of the people told this scribe at Landi Kotal, the headquarters of Khyber Agency, that Pakistani authorities were, too, were not allowing the trucks carrying goods to enter Afghanistan because of increasing insecurity in Jalalabad and rest of the Nangarhar province.
A truck driver, who arrived at Torkham from Jalalabad on Wednesday, told this scribe that the four checkpoint earlier manned by the Taliban guards on the main highway linking Jalalabad with Torkham were without guards after the Taliban left the same on Wednesday.
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