GWADAR: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested 14 individuals who were attempting to illegally travel to Iran, in a major operation conducted by the FIA Composite Circle Gwadar. Officials confirmed that the group was intercepted in the Jiwani area while preparing to use a sea route to cross the border through unlawful means. Read […]
Iran route
Afghanistan shifts trade to Iran route to avoid Pakistan closures
Landlocked Afghanistan is leaning more heavily on trade routes through Iran and Central Asia to reduce dependence on Pakistan, officials said, as tension between the neighbors escalates, with their border closed in recent weeks. Afghanistan’s reliance on Pakistan’s ports has long given Islamabad leverage to press Kabul over Pakistani militants sheltering across the border. But […]