Thousands rush across Pakistan-Afghanistan border after Covid-19 restrictions lift
Thousands rush across Pakistan-Afghanistan border after Covid-19 restrictions lift

TORKHAM, PAKISTAN - Thousands of Afghan streamed across the Pakistan border to their homeland on Tuesday overwhelming authorities who had opened the frontier after more than two weeks of restrictions to stop the spread of Covid-19.

Video from the Torkham border crossing near the Khyber Pass showed large crowds of Afghans running through, apparently bypassing official attempts to check paperwork and enforce quarantine.(Newsvia)