Karachi, Dec. 5 -- Dozens of Pakistani truck drivers transporting goods to Afghanistan are stuck for weeks at major border crossings, victims of an escalating standoff between Pakistan and Afghanistan that has crippled regional trade.

The closure of vital trade routes has left hundreds of vehicles parked at crossing points, where drivers, deprived of food, money and shelter, struggle to survive in dire conditions, as reported by The Express Tribune.

According to The Express Tribune, exporters and logistics firms said the suspension of cross-border operations has virtually frozen the movement of Pakistani kinnow exports and other shipments headed to Afghanistan, Iran and Central Asian countries.

The border closures, in place since Octob...