Taliban Says Iran-Afghanistan Transit Trucks Now Operate 24 Hours a Day

The Taliban administration has announced 24-hour traffic for transit trucks at the border between Nimroz and Iran.

The Taliban-led Interior Ministry said on Monday that the movement of transit trucks from the Pul-e Abrisham border crossing in Afghanistan’s Nimroz province to the Milak crossing in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province has been made round-the-clock. According to the ministry, the move is intended to facilitate the transit of goods and speed up the transfer of commercial materials.

Previously, about 400 trucks crossed this route daily, but according to the Taliban Interior Ministry, the number has now risen to 800 trucks per day. So far, Iranian officials have not reacted to the announcement.

Iranian media had earlier reported that, at a joint economic meeting between Iran and Afghanistan, it was decided that operations along this route would continue on a 24-hour basis for one month. Since the Taliban’s return to power, Iran has become the largest exporter of goods to the Afghan market, much of it shipped through Sistan and Baluchestan province and the Milak-Pul-e Abrisham route.

The expansion of round-the-clock traffic comes as the decision was taken without clear and transparent coordination between the two sides and without examining its security and economic consequences — an issue that could have implications for border security and Afghanistan’s economic and trade situation.