The Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier remains closed across five major crossings — Torkham, Chaman-Spin Boldak, Ghulam Khan, Kharlachi and Angoor Adda — following Pakistani airstrikes on TTP militants in Afghanistan in October 2025 and the Taliban's retaliatory attacks on Pakistani border posts.
The picture now is economic attrition rather than open battle. Pre-closure cross-border trade ran at roughly $200 million a month; Afghanistan's affected annual export capacity is put at around $800 million in fruit, vegetables, coal and stone, and roughly a million people depend on the trade directly or indirectly. Visas for Afghan citizens have been suspended, cutting medical access into Pakistan.
Operator implication: for anyone planning ground movement or logistics near the frontier, treat all five crossings as non-functional and the wider border belt as elevated. The ceasefire commitments made after talks in China earlier this year have not reopened the crossings, so do not plan around a near-term reopening. Cross-border resupply, staff rotation and casualty-evacuation routes that assume an open Torkham or Chaman need rerouting.
