Pakistan to deploy troops along Afghan border

The troops will be deployed to stop cross-border attacks by afghan-based militants.


Express September 13, 2011

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Army has decided to deploy regular troops at the border with Afghanistan to stop cross-border attacks by afghan-based militants, Express 24/7 reported on Tuesday.

The troops will be deployed along the border with Dir and Chitral. The decision was confirmed by DG ISPR Major General Athar Abbas.

So far the number of troops to be deployed and the duration of deployment is not known.

The border where troops had been deployed has seen attacks from militants based in Afghanistan’s Kunar province.

The border posts are currently manned by paramilitary troops.

As reported earlier, in late August, hundreds of Pakistani Taliban fighters mounted pre-dawn raids on paramilitary posts in Chitral district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa after crossing over from their sanctuary in northeastern Afghanistan, officials said.

At least 28 security personnel were killed in the attack, according to District Coordination Officer (DCO) Rehmatullah Wazir.

Also, Taliban militants in Afghanistan have kidnapped more than 30 Pakistani boys who inadvertently strayed across the border. The group of boys, aged between 12 and 18, left the Gharkhi area of Bajaur tribal region during Eid holidays.

“The boys inadvertently crossed into Afghanistan on the second day of Eid and were kidnapped by militants,” senior local administration official Syed Nasim told AFP.

The boys are still in captivity of the militants.

COMMENTS (14)

khurrum | 12 years ago | Reply

India and Pakistan are both Part of Great Game 1800-2011 , Team one is US , Uk , Euro countries , Pakistan and India ( After Kargil ) Versus Team two Russia , China , Iran , Tajikistan , Uzbekistan , some other CIS countries . So what has changed and there should be useless Debate .

This Great Game is being fought in Plains and Mountains of Neutral ground called Afghanistan .

Pakistani and Indian Government are both corrupt and don' have Independent Foreign and Internal Policies that serve its People or eradicate Poverty .

We are Just Pawns in This game for US Oil Interests and Geo -Poltical Strategy by remote control and Dollars .

Strategic Depth , is actually Part of Great Game when Pakistan plays its role as client State for Great Game in team A and Making Afghanistan a Rubble and Play ground of Destruction. It has done it well in 1979 and now after 9/11 very well both time and in future a Third time when it will use the Taliban Against the Northern Alliance .

R S JOHAR | 12 years ago | Reply

@MarkH: The artificial country which 'Pakistani' spoke is infact real and making steady progress in all fields but the byproduct separated through free-will is decaying due its own mis-management.

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