The Taliban border police announced that they have arrested 40 people over the past two weeks on charges of “smuggling US dollars, historical artifacts, and visa forgery.
” According to this department, the cases of the detained individuals have been handed over to the relevant authorities after initial investigations.
However, the Taliban have not provided further details about this incident, and it remains unclear how much money or how many historical artifacts were seized.
The exact location of these arrests and which border crossings or checkpoints they occurred at has also not been specified.
Previous reports had indicated that weapons, cash dollars, drugs, precious stones, and historical artifacts were being smuggled from Afghanistan to Pakistan through the Torkham border.
Torkham is considered one of the main smuggling routes from Afghanistan to Pakistan.
