{"id":8452,"date":"2024-08-16T15:31:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T10:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/?p=8452"},"modified":"2024-08-16T15:31:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T10:31:55","slug":"torkham-border-reopens-after-four-day-closure-easing-trade-and-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/asia\/torkham-border-reopens-after-four-day-closure-easing-trade-and-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Torkham Border Reopens After Four-Day Closure, Easing Trade and Travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL(BNA): Local officials in Nangarhar have announced that the Torkham border crossing reopened this morning after being closed for four days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The closure was initially triggered by a conflict between Afghan forces and the opposing side over the construction of a security post in the Ghoorkai area of Torkham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reopening of the Torkham gate is a relief for many, as such closures, which occur from time to time, have a considerable impact on travelers and traders alike, causing disruptions and financial losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The reopening is expected to ease the movement of goods and people, restoring normalcy to this vital transit route.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL(BNA): Local officials in Nangarhar have announced that the Torkham border crossing reopened this morning after being closed for four days. The closure was initially triggered by a conflict between Afghan forces and the opposing side over the construction of a security post in the Ghoorkai area of Torkham. The reopening of the Torkham gate [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":8453,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,80,396],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-asia","category-latest"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8452"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.asiafreepress.com\/en_gb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}