sarah atiq, bbc news, torkham, on the pakistan—afghanistan border.ns, mps from all sides have criticised the prime minister for the government's role in afghanistan. the former prime minister theresa may said it was �*incomprehensible' that the uk was not doing more to maintain a presence, and mps who've served in the armed forces spoke up for veterans who fought there and who now question what it was all for. but borisjohnson argued that nato's "core mission" in afghanistan had succeeded. here's our political correspondent ben wright. prime minister, have you let down afghanistan? _ a statement was written, the explanation prepared — borisjohnson headed to parliament, brought back from its summer break. prime minister! the chamber was crammed, shoulder—to—shoulder now restrictions are lifted. the sacrifice in afghanistan is seared into our national consciousness, with 150,000 people serving there from across the length and breadth of the united kingdom. no matter how grim the lessons of the past, the future is not yet written. and at this bleak turn

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bbc urdu's sarah atiq has visited the torkham crossing in the northwest of pakistan and sent us thises coming into pakistan. that is the process is taking longer. the situation at the border seems to be a bit intense. the officers are not allowing us to speak to anyone who is coming from afghanistan are leaving pakistan. we have seen the citizens are interacting with the taliban fighters and their standing at a safe distance. last week when we visited, it was under the control of the security forces and the tension was high even among the security forces that got really angry at the journalists were taking pictures and making videos. this border has been the main point of refugees into pakistan. one of the reasons why refugees used to come from the side of the border was because the fact that there was no border in the past but this 2016, most of pakistan afghanistan border has been fenced and most of the checkpoints have been there. and refugees have been refused greatly. the taliban have imposed taxes and or collecting taxes from this border. atan upcoming at an upcoming virtual g7