Pakistan minister urges border officials to treat Afghans with respect

Pakistan’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar visited Torkham crossing point between Pakistan and Afghanistan this week and urged officials to deal with Afghans with respect and care.

Pakistan ministry of foreign affairs said on Twitter that Khar also called for the completion of the Integrated Transit Trade Management System (ITTMS) at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

She was also given a briefing on measures to streamline and ease crossing for the people and goods.

Earlier in the month, Khar said during the Annual Meeting of the European Council for Foreign Relations in Stockholm, that at a time when the world needed to confront modern challenges with a united front, it was presenting a picture of a house divided due to great power competition.

She stressed the dire need for the international community to join hands so as to face the impending climate-related crises and avert the possible next pandemic.

She underscored that developing countries, in particular, felt threatened by global power contests.