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.
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