The border between Pakistan and Afghanistan has been completely closed for six months, a direct consequence of the conflict between Kabul and Islamabad. Despite several mediation attempts, negotiations have failed, and the two countries remain at a diplomatic impasse in a war that has already displaced tens of thousands of people and claimed numerous lives.
For Afghanistan, a landlocked country facing a serious humanitarian crisis, the situation is even more critical: the war in Iran is blocking its only other route for international trade and severely restricting air links.
The situation has plunged thousands of residents dependent on cross-border trade into unemployment and uncertainty.
FRANCE 24’s Shahzaib Wahlah and Ondine de Gaulle report, in collaboration with Sayed Aman Sadat.