On 1 December 2003, the Afghanistan–Pakistan Friendship Gate was opened pedestrians of both sides for legally crossing the border. On 10 January 2007, Pakistani authorities installed a biometric system at the gate in order to monitor the influx of smugglers and militants. On 19 August 2016, a group of Afghan nationals pelted stones at the gate and burnt the flag of Pakistan, after which Pakistan closed the gate and border crossing. Few days later, on 1 September, Pakistan reopened the border after an apology from the Afghan side. with roughly 60 to 100 trucks traversing Chaman daily.
2025 Afghanistan–Pakistan clash On the early morning of 15 October 2025, some Taliban officials stated that the Afghanistan–Pakistan Friendship Gate at the border crossing had been destroyed by Taliban forces. The following day, the
Inspector General of
Frontier Corps visited the border crossing and posed in front of the gate on the Pakistani side to demonstrate that it remained intact. A Pakistani media outlet also reported that the gate was in its original condition on the Pakistani side. ==References==