Pakistan on Thursday allowed 150 stranded Afghan cargo trucks to deliver goods to India via Wagah border, local media reported citing Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry statement.
The move came nearly a week after Islamabad suspended trade with New Delhi on April 24, including through third countries via Pakistan.
The ministry statement acknowledged a request from the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad on Monday regarding containers that were stranded in Pakistan, Dawn newspaper reported.
“Pakistan has decided to permit stranded Afghan trucks, carrying goods in transit to India,” the statement said, noting that Islamabad allowed the 150 stranded trucks to cross the Wagah Border, a border crossing between India and Pakistan.
The development came amid rising tensions between the two nuclear neighbors following the April 22 Pahalgam attack by unidentified gunmen in India-administered Kashmir, which killed 26 people.