India benefits from rising tensions in Pakistan-Afghanistan; What is happening at the border?
By Lokmat English Desk | Published: November 27, 2023 04:02 PM2023-11-27T16:02:08+5:302023-11-27T16:02:08+5:30
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The relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been continuously strained. Afghanistan has blocked thousands of trucks coming from Pakistan at the Torkham border and created a dilemma for Pakistan.
Due to this harsh step taken by Afghanistan, Pakistan has not only been shocked, but because of this, Afghanistan's trade with Pakistan has also stopped. International experts say that Pakistan used to send consignments of drugs to India through this open border. Now the trade is closed.
The growing tension between Pakistan and Afghanistan has affected trade between the two countries. For the past few days, Pakistan has started strict action against people coming from Afghanistan. It came to light that Pakistan has banned visas for those coming from Afghanistan.
According to sources, Afghanistan has stopped thousands of Pakistani trucks from entering the country since Tuesday evening. Not only that, but all the trucks in Afghanistan were ordered to return immediately within the next few days. By doing this, Afghanistan at the same time.
Pakistan started forcibly expelling Afghani refugees living in their country. According to statistics, more than three and a half lakh people have been deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan so far. Thousands of them were only Afghans.
Foreign affairs expert retired Captain Dheeraj Dhariwal says that relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan deteriorated after the Taliban regime came to Afghanistan. Pakistan started plotting to worsen the situation in Afghanistan, which Afghanistan would recognize.
He says that the stoppage of trade at the North Torkham border is the biggest example of this. Afghanistan has not only stopped the trade of Pakistani trucks by stopping their trade, but this has also taken a big step to stop the smuggling of illegal drugs from Pakistan to India.
Foreign affairs experts say that large consignments of drugs sent from Pakistan to Afghanistan used to return to Pakistan.
Indian intelligence agencies and other agencies including the military also do their best to stop these illegal drugs. Defense expert Arvind Purohit says that Pakistan supplies drugs from Afghanistan to spoil India's environment.
The biggest traffic in narcotics is through trucks going to trade from Pakistan in Afghanistan. Now, if the trade freeze between Afghanistan and Pakistan continues for a long time, the illegal drug trade in India will be hit hard.