Ayaz Gul VOA News August 18, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s populist opposition leader, Imran Khan, says the future of long-term relations with landlocked Afghanistan lies in the two countries having “open borders” and “free trade.” Pakistan is unilaterally fencing the nearly 2,600-kilometer, largely porous Afghan border. Authorities defend the recently initiated project, saying it will help
Ayaz Gul VOA News July 15, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan says it finds it necessary to build a fence along its long porous border with Afghanistan, in part because of a lack of cooperation from authorities in Kabul. The border region has long been a source of instability, with militant groups, terrorists and smugglers using the
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 5, 2017 Pakistan’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived in Dushanbe on July 5 for a two-day official visit to Tajikistan. Tajik Prime Minister Qohir Rasulzoda and other government officials met Sharif at Dushanbe International Airport upon his arrival. Sharif also was scheduled to meet on July 6 with Tajik President
Press TV July 2, 2017 Pakistan’s military has begun erecting fencing along the country’s porous border with Afghanistan in order to stop cross-border infiltration and improve security in the region. According to a high-ranking Pakistani security official, in the first phase, at least 43 border posts have been constructed in the northwestern tribal region along the border. Sixty-three
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty May 27, 2017 Pakistan’s military says authorities have reopened the main Chaman border crossing on May 27 at Afghanistan’s request after it was shut down earlier this month after bloody clashes broke out, killing 15 people on both sides. The moves comes on the first day of the fasting month of
AFP: Pakistan and Afghanistan plan to use Google Maps to help settle a border dispute that led to deadly clashes last week, officials from both sides said Monday. Pakistan inherited its 2,400-kilometre (1,500-mile) border with its western neighbour when it gained independence from Britain in 1947, but Afghanistan has never formally recognised it. And while official Afghan
Tolo News: Afghan and Pakistani border forces met in Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province on Friday evening to discuss the security situation – an hour after clashes stopped following a ceasefire. This came after border forces opened fire on each other across the Durand Line after Afghan authorities accused Pakistani officials of having breached
Ayaz Gul VOA News May 5, 2017 ISLAMABAD — Border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 80 others Friday in a disputed area, officials said. A Pakistan army spokesman said the fighting erupted after Afghan forces fired at a government census team near the southwestern border town of
Khaama Press: Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said Pakistan had demanded recognition of Durand Line as the formal international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan during his presidency. Speaking during in a Kabul, Karzai said Pakistan had also demanded a reduction in bilateral ties between Kabul and New Delhi. Click here to read more (external
The Nation (Pakistan): National Security Adviser (NSA) Lt-Gen (retd) Nasser Khan Janjua has said that Afghanistan had destroyed the biometric system at the border. Addressing Leaders in Islamabad Business Summit here on Friday, Janjua said Pakistan was playing a frontline role for peace in the world, and added the country had been offering sacrifices over the