A Visit to Torkham Pakistan-Afghanistan Border
Borders are essential in the demarcation between states. There are
contemporary challenges to states, some are domestic while others are
international. Above all a state is concerned about its sovereignty. Borders
give the legal competence to the state. Borders need to get managed to decrease
threats from external hostile forces. Border management has its merits which
need to be highlighted. The advantages of better border-control mechanism
positively impose upon trade, immigration and movement of commodities agreed
under trade agreements.
Torkham is a major border crossing between the Pakistani city of Torkham and Afghanistan, located along the Grand Trunk Road on the international border between the two
countries. It connects Nangarhar province of Afghanistan with
Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It is the
busiest port of entry between the two
countries, serving as a major transporting, shipping, and receiving site. On
the Pakistani side, Torkham lies at the end of the N-5 National Highway. It is connected to city of Peshawar in the east. Transported goods arrive to Torkham
from the port city of Karachi in Sindh province. Torkham is 5
kilometers (3.1 mile) west of the summit of the Khyber Pass. It lies on the most important supply route for US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Pakistan's government sometimes block supplies due to the American use of drone strikes in
Pakistan. In April 2006 the Afghan Border Police began requiring
travelers crossing the border at Torkham to possess valid travel documents and
this border facilitate trade and expedite
clearance of baggage and cargo. Nowadays hundreds of people including women and
children are migrating from across country.
As our university trip to
visit Torkham border I observed different slum areas and the living condition
of people over there. They lack basic facilities of life; I was just thinking
that why not these slum areas are being managed and monitored properly to get
the bio data and to work over them so that these people also get the basic
facilities of life. Either the concern state is responsible to provide
facilities at border communities and societies along with Urban sociologists.
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