Peshawar, 15 March (AKI) - The first ever bus to run from Afghanistan to Pakistan carried out a trial run on Wednesday from Jalalabad in Afghanistan to Peshawar in northern Pakistan. The bus, carrying a dozen sweating expendable local government officials, crossed over the mountaineous Khyber Pass and into Pakistan in four hours. The bus stopped at the Torkham border for a brief ceremony in which school children danced and chanted slogans of friendship between the neighbouring countries, according to a report by Pakistani television channel GEO TV.
The return leg of the trial journey will be on Friday with the regular service expected to kick off in mid-April. The authorities have said they plan to run six buses daily between the two cities. The service has been launched amid rising tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the fight against terrorism. |