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Hello and welcome to Business Daily on the BBC World Service with me, Will Bain.

Today, miles of trucks rotting fruit and vital medicines going to waste.

Pakistan and Afghanistan's sporadic fighting has caused a trade freeze.

It is more than a crossing point. It's sort of a lifeline for traders on both sides.

With the border now closed between the neighbours for two months, we'll hear how that's

affecting companies right across the region. I mean, the need of the resolution is need of the hour right now, immediately.

And a warning, the vital goods are already going to waste.

So majority of it will go to waste because there is a shelf life and there is a strict regime

under which they have to be kept while being transported.

So today on Business Daily, can businesses survive the Pakistan-Afghanistan border closure.

Men pick through the shell of a building in eastern Afghanistan.

Every floor visible as the entire outer wall has been blown away.

One tells the Reuters News Agency what he says happened.

There are no unfamiliar people on military personnel living here, only ordinary civilians.

All the places that were targeted were private homes.

Pakistan carried out a brutal attack,

destroying civilian houses and causing casualties among the people.

As you can see, this house is completely destroyed.

It was a two-story home that was demolished.

Spiradic clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan

have now been rolling since October.

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