The National Logistics Corporation (NLC) has completed the infrastructure and fully activated the system at the South Waziristan’s Angur Adda border terminal in a record 30 days, it was reported on Friday.
According to the report, the terminal was established in response to the longstanding demand of local tribes, turning the long-envisioned Angur Ada crossing into a reality.
Despite severe challenges and the absence of basic infrastructure, the NLC completed the facility within a month to facilitate the people of South Waziristan.
The Angur Adda Border Terminal has now been equipped with modern infrastructure and digital systems to streamline cross-border trade.
The new facility includes essential infrastructure such as offices and accommodation for government agencies, including Customs, FIA, and the Plant Protection Department.
It also features weighbridges, container and truck yards, banking services, and digital connectivity enabling real-time clearance through Customs’ WeBOC and FIA’s IBMS systems.
Officials note that the formalisation of trade at this vital crossing will ease congestion at other busy entry points like Torkham while simultaneously delivering direct socio-economic benefits to the region.
According to the NLC officials, the construction and infrastructure work for the terminal was carried out using local skilled labour.
Through this border terminal, locally produced goods can now be exported more easily and directly to Afghanistan and other regional countries via shorter trade routes.
Authorities emphasised that the Angur Ada terminal will stabilise the local economy while ensuring broader social and economic development across the region.
Angur Ada is a town located in the Barmal Valley, straddling the border between South Waziristan in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Afghanistan’s Paktika Province.
It is among the few accessible passages across the mountainous border, alongside the Gomal River crossing.
The Afghan village of Shkin lies just west of Angur Ada, and the official Durand Line, first demarcated in 1895, cuts through the eastern side of the bazaar.
While much of the built-up area legally falls within Afghanistan, border gates and military enforcement lie further west, effectively placing most of the village under Pakistani control.
The area’s population is predominantly Pashtun, with major tribes including the Wazir and Kharoti.
