Anyone who's hopped on a flight at a major airport, or even some land-based transit, knows the agonizing wait that certain agencies demand while they scan for explosives and check boarding passes.

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One of the locations earmarked is for 10 transit pitches on land off Park Road, Lansdowne, bordering the Wessex Way and public car park off Lansdowne Road.

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Taleban Deputy Minister for Trade, Qari Faizan, met representatives of Pakistan's commerce ministry to discuss a 1965 transit agreement, which allows land routes into Afghanistan.

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We previously took a decision to support the transit, both in the air and on land, of a few countries such as the United States, Germany, and France.

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