A trade war with no end in sight

Trucks loaded with goods stranded along the road leading to the closed Torkham border crossing in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.— Asim Hafeez/The New York Times

ONE of Peshawar’s largest markets once bustled with thousands of Afghan-owned shops and carts, selling everything from deep-fried khajoor pastries to kitchenware and cricket gear.

Today, business has been cut by half, traders say.