The Afghan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) said it will end trade relations with Pakistan following a long-running dispute over containers stalled at the Karachi port. “Despite so much effort, the government has now failed to resolve our problems with Pakistan and we are forced to end our relations with Pakistan,” ACCI deputy Khan Jan Alokozay said. Alokozay said traders were losing as much as US $600,000 a day over the matter and will encourage Afghan traders to discontinue doing business via Karachi. ACCI officials have asked the Afghan government to prevent Pakistani-loaded vehicles from entering Afghanistan, even those whose destination is a different country.
