Overview
- Transit operations have reopened via the Chaman crossing with a phased plan to clear roughly 300 stranded vehicles before returning to routine flows.
- In phase one, 9 trucks turned back at the Friendship Gate are being reweighed and rescanned, with full inspections triggered by any discrepancies.
- Phase two covers 74 vehicles returned from the NLC Border Terminal Yard, and phase three clears 217 trucks parked in the halting yard under the same checks.
- Authorities will resume First In, First Out processing after the backlog and have tightened controls including reweighing, scanning, photographic records at the gate, and compliance with tracking and RFID seals.
- The reopening follows an immediate truce confirmed by Pakistani and Taliban officials after Doha talks, with a follow-up meeting set for October 25 in Istanbul, following earlier border clashes that shut Torkham, Chaman, and several minor crossings.