October 24, 2025
Vendors sell vegetables at a market in Karachi on July 3, 2023. PHOTO: AFP
Pakistan-Afghanistan border closures push up prices of essentials such as tomatoes
Border crossings between the two countries have remained closed since October 11, following ground fighting and Pakistani airstrikes across their 2,600-km frontier that killed dozens on both sides in the worst fighting since the Taliban’s 2021 takeover of Kabul.
