The Pakistani government is making every effort to ease the passage of the approximately 385,000 Afghans who cross the Pak-Afghan border each month through the implementation of the Integrated Border Management System and dedicated counters.
Some 13,000 individuals, including pedestrians, patients, traders, tourists, and transporters, use the boarder crossing points every day, according to an official source.
There are around 385,000 passengers and hundreds of commercial convoys using the crossing sites every month. Pakistan maintains five border crossings with Afghanistan at the present time (Chamman, Torkham, Kharlachi, Ghulam Khan, and Angoor Ada).
Pakistan dismisses Indian and Afghan media propaganda
Despite limited resources and strength, Pakistan is staffing over 100 counters at the crossing points to ensure smooth processing of a heavy inflow of cross-border movement, the official said, dismissing the propaganda by Afghan and Indian media against Pakistan by reporting incidents of perceived mistreatment of them by Pakistani authorities. He said that no other neighbouring country had a similar outflow via its borders. Chaman and Torkham, the two busiest checkpoints, each have about 79 registers. At the major entry points, Pakistan uses an Integrated Border Management System (IBMS) that allows for the use of a single document (a valid visa or passport) as proof of entry.
Nonetheless, on humanitarian reasons, Pakistan allows a considerable number of Afghans to cross the border on Tazkera (non-valid) passport, particularly patients, journalists, women, and traders. Patients and women now have their own dedicated desks at the border crossings.
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