KABUL (Pajhwok): Pak-Afghan Joint Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PAJCCI) has urged the relevant authorities in Pakistan and Afghanistan to allow a one-time clearance of more than 10,000 containers that have remained stuck on Pakistan–Afghanistan trade routes for over 100 days due to the suspension of trade. According to a report by Pakistan’s Dawn newspaper, the containers have been stranded along the trade routes since bilateral trade between the two countries was suspended. This comes as Pakistan has repeatedly closed trade routes with Afghanistan, eventually prompting Afghanistan to suspend trade with Pakistan. Earlier, Afghanistan’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, called on industrialists and traders to use alternative trade routes instead of Pakistan. According to Mullah Baradar, Pakistan’s repeated closure of trade routes and its political use of trade and humanitarian issues have caused losses to traders and industrialists in both countries, compelling the Islamic Emirate to take this decision.