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ISLAMABAD:Pakistan and Afghanistan can double bilateral trade from the existing level of $2.5 billion to $5 billion in the dunk low years ahead, yeezy slide Pakistan Ambassador Muhammad Sadiq said. He said that Pakistan had been encouraging and facilitating Afghan businessmen to boost bilateral trade, said a message received from Kabul. He expressed these views while addressing the inaugural ceremony of Pak-Afghan Trade Fair 2013 in Kabul. T air max donna he envoy said Pakistan government accords utmost importance to foreign trade.Published in The Express Tribune, November 30th, 2013. ISLAMABAD:Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid on Wednesday said Pakistan has repatriated at least 613 nationals from Af converse schuhe ghanistan since the capture of Kabul by the Taliban in a lightning offensive.Addressing a press conf nb erence in Islamabad, the federal minister said three buses with over 120 Pakistanis on board entered the country via the Chaman border crossing andadded that efforts were afoot to repatriate the remaining citizens stranded in Afghanistan.Rashid further saidPakistan has also evacuated about 900 diplomats and foreign media journalists from Afghanistan.Speaking about the influx of Afghan refugees in Pakistan, Rashid said there were no refugees entering the country nor has Pakistan made preparation for Afghans seeking refuge in the country.Read Explainer: How did the Taliban take over Afghanistan so quickly Rashid further said there was ldquo;complete peace and tranquillity rdquo; at Torkham and Chaman border crossi nike air max plus ngs and they are openfor movement, trade and transit visa facil