Chaman border: Afghans don’t need visas to enter Pakistan now

ٰIslamabad (HRNW) Pakistan announced on Tuesday that from now on Afghans who have Tazkira (Afghan Identity Card) can enter Pakistan via Chaman terminal.
Chaman Deputy Commissioner Capt (retd) Jumadad Mandokhel said that now along with CNIC jolders, the Tazkira holders can also come to Pakistan.
“Recently, the border crossing was closed from the Afghanistan side,” he said. The government of Pakistan had kept it open before and it still is, he added.
Mandokhel said there was some [issue] with the timing. “Earlier, due to the corona SOPs, the timing was from 8am to 11am. The government of Pakistan has decided to extend the timing for all kind of movement,” the deputy commissioner said.
New timings will be from 8am to 4pm, Mandokhel said.
He said that the new timing is applicable on pedestrian as well as vehicular movement for kinds of trade including Afghan Transit Trade.
The deputy commissioner said that people will have to follow corona SOPs and get vaccinated.