Centre for Research and Security Studies

Dec. 29, 2025 | Islamabad: Exclusionary economic measures cause prolonged disruptions inPakistan-Afghanistan trade and transit, and generate wide-ranging economic and socialconsequences across the region. Uncertainty, rather than cost alone, has emerged as the mostdamaging factor, eroding livelihoods, weakening regional connectivity, and placingdisproportionate strain on border communities between the two countries.These concerns were raised at the […]