Lahore:
Despite running tension between Pakistan and India, five Afghan transit trading cars crossed, filled with Afghan dry fruits and driven by Pakistani drivers, to India via the Wagah Attari border, sources said Friday.
The trucks, the sources said, had been stationed at the border under the supervision of National Logistics Cell (NLC) for several weeks waiting for approval to continue. They crossed the border after the Indian government issued a 24-hour access permit.
Pakistan let the trucks continue at the request of the Afghan government, they said. The Afghan government had requested Pakistan to give passage to 150 trucks that transported dry fruits to India via the Wagah border after India closed the limit last month in the middle of escalating tension.
On May 1, Pakistan granted conditional approval that these trucks should transit to India. However, the process was delayed due to the issuance of entry permits from the Indian authorities. Further delays followed due to border extension and increased tensions between the two countries.
