Former Afghan PM returns home via Attari

Amritsar, October 8

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Former Afghanistan Prime Minister Ahmad Shah Ahmadzai, along with his son Musa Ahmadzai, crossed over to Pakistan on his way to Kabul on Thursday through Attari-Wagah Joint Check Post (JCP).

Ahmad was the acting Prime Minister of Afghanistan from 1995-1996, when Burhanuddin Rabbani was the President. He held various prominent positions in the Afghanistan Government from 1992 to 1996. He left the country in 1996 when the Taliban took over Kabul and since then, he was in exile. An official at the Integrated Check Post said they possessed a transit visa issued by the Pakistani High Commission in Delhi. India had allowed them to cross over from Attari. It is learnt that he will be using Torkham border crossing to cross over to Afghanistan. — TNS