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Pakistan nixes India-Afghanistan transit trade
Afghanistan News.Net
Wednesday 25th November, 2009 (IANS)
Pakistan has refused Afghanistan permission to import goods from India through Wagah border under the Pakistan-Afghan transit trade agreement.
Pakistan refused the demand made by Afghan officials at a meeting in Kabul earlier this week on the ground that the trade agreement was between Pakistan and Afghanistan and India had no role to play in this, Online news agency reported.
During the meeting, officials of Pakistan's Federal Bureau of Revenue expressed acute reservations over the Afghan demand.
The meeting also decided to take steps for stopping smuggling via the Pakistan-Afghan border.
A proposal for Afghan transporters receiving goods at Karachi port was also discussed at the meeting. Pakistan proposed that customs duty levied by the Afghan government would be collected by Pakistani officials, who would then pass it on to Kabul.  Email this story to a friend
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Anonymous
11-25-09, 09:06 PM |
Pakistan nixes India-Afghanistan transit trade
That is understood.
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Mike P.
11-25-09, 11:23 PM |
Pakistan Nixes Trade Route
And these are the peoples we are trying to bring peace to, when they can’t agree on anything, and they quarrel about everything.
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Sunil
11-26-09, 05:28 AM |
Shame
Shame on you for stopping goods to be taken to the poor afghans. You are jealous.
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Sunil
11-26-09, 05:29 AM |
And Paranoid
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Concerned
11-26-09, 07:10 AM |
Pakistan nixes India-Afghanistan transit trade
No doubt the Pakistani customs officials will ensure they take a 'cut' from the customs dues which are due to Afghanistan! Corruption is endemic in Pakistan also, even amongst postal authorities-envelopes are sliced open and contents 'removed' and pocketed.
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