The majority of children come from villages near the border while others come to work in Torkham from other parts of Peshawar and stay overnight in rented rooms.
Even now Afghan refugees continue to trickle in every day.
Crossings are very common, especially among Pashtuns who sometimes cross the border every day.
Being in the main trade corridor, the local population earns a living ferrying cargo and luggage, running restaurants and mainly smuggling goods to the Pakistani side.
Trucks wait in line to cross over.
Afghan Border Police officer watches as the last traversers of the night cross the border into Khyber Phaktunkhwa.
Every day thousands of veiled women cross the border on foot.
The movement</cutline_leadin> of people has largely been unchecked or uncontrolled, although passports and visas are at times checked at official crossings.