00:00Pakistan will temporarily allow United Nations relief supplies into Afghanistan,
00:05marking the first partial border opening since deadly clashes erupted between the two countries in October.
00:11Islamabad says the move is a limited humanitarian exception,
00:15not a restoration of trade or immigration, as tensions with the Taliban government remain high.
00:22A Pakistani government official told AFP that UN agencies had formally requested access for food,
00:29medicine and other essential supplies, and that Islamabad has now approved the transfer in three phases.
00:35The details of the transfer, however, have not been specified.
00:39Afghan officials in Spinbaldak, near one of the key crossings, said they had no information yet,
00:44and that the border gate remains shut.
00:46The frontier was closed on October 12, after deadly cross-border fire and a subsequent fragile truce.
00:52The shutdown left dozens of Afghan trucks stranded with rotting produce
00:56with the Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
01:00estimating losses of more than $100 million and up to 25,000 workers affected.
01:06Relations between the two countries have deteriorated since the Taliban's return to power in 2021,
01:11with Islamabad accusing Kabul of harboring militants responsible for attacks inside Pakistan,
01:17allegations the Afghan government denies.
01:19As a result of the
