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KABUL: The final round of technical level talks between Pakistan-Afghanistan for new transit trade agreement were attempted as Pakistan wants assurance that the new agreement would not be misused for terror financing, drug trafficking and arms trade.
The two sides couldnt reach on an agreement in the three day round and decided to hold another session in early January.
It was the final round of technical level talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan to finalize the modalities of the Pak-Afghan Transit Trade Agreement.
But the US monitored talks hit snags after Islamabads proposal of attaching tough security related strings.
Afghanistan wants Pakistan to allow Afghan trucks to transport goods through Pakistans territory from Chaman and Torkhum border to Wagha border and Karachi and Gawadar port without being unloaded and checked.
Whereas Pakistan wants authority to inspect the trucks so that any illegal goods couldnt be transport.
Pakistan also wants to know that whether the trucks would return empty from Wagha border or would have something load in them. -DawnNews
The two sides couldnt reach on an agreement in the three day round and decided to hold another session in early January.
It was the final round of technical level talks between Pakistan and Afghanistan to finalize the modalities of the Pak-Afghan Transit Trade Agreement.
But the US monitored talks hit snags after Islamabads proposal of attaching tough security related strings.
Afghanistan wants Pakistan to allow Afghan trucks to transport goods through Pakistans territory from Chaman and Torkhum border to Wagha border and Karachi and Gawadar port without being unloaded and checked.
Whereas Pakistan wants authority to inspect the trucks so that any illegal goods couldnt be transport.
Pakistan also wants to know that whether the trucks would return empty from Wagha border or would have something load in them. -DawnNews
