Peshawar: Pakistan on Thursday decided to allow United Nations agencies to deliver relief supplies to Afghanistan from two border crossing points in northwest Pakistan, according to an official communication issued by the Ministry of Commerce.

The ministry has written a letter to the Director General of

Afghan Transit Trade and the Member Customs Operations of the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), informing them of the decision.

The approval has been granted on the recommendation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, enabling humanitarian organisations to transport essential food items across the border, the letter said.

The permission has been granted for only 143 UN containers to cross into Afghanistan via the Chaman and Torkham border crossings on humanitarian grounds, it added.

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