Pakistan

Security beefed up along Pak-India border

CTD memo warns of possible attack by Taliban between Aug 13 and 15

News Desk August 11, 2016

PHOTO: AFP

Security in Pakistan along the border with India has been beefed up after a terror alert, warning of a possible attack by the Taliban at the border crossings was issued.

The Counter Terrorism Department in Punjab has sent out a memo to the chief secretary that Taliban were planning to target the Wagah or Ganda Singh border in the province between August 13 and 15, The Indian Express reported on Wednesday.

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It claimed that two suicide bombers had been tasked by Mullah Fazlullah, the fugitive chief of Taliban hiding in Afghanistan, to attack the Independence Day parade at the border points. “Extreme vigilance and heightened security measures are suggested to avoid any untoward incident,” the CTD said.

The steps are taken in the wake of an attack on a hospital in Quetta on Monday that killed at least 70 people, most of them lawyers, while over 100 others were injured.

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In 2014, at least 55 people were killed and over 120 were injured when a suicide bomber struck the flag-lowering ceremony at the Wagah border.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 11^th, 2016.

COMMENTS (7)

Hella | 8 years ago | Reply @Rehmat Ali, glad u r happy with Pakistan's higher success rate. Non- ambitious Indians are just satisfied with creating Bangladesh.

MK | 8 years ago | Reply The Indians comment and then reply to their own comments? Too good. Keep at it. I love how they're obsessed with Pakistani news.

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Rehmat Ali | 8 years ago | Reply @Rehmat Ali: yea higher success rate. remember APS and hundreds of other attacks since 2008 ...well they were a payback for poking your noses into others houses.

Rehmat Ali | 8 years ago | Reply @jay:When India encourage separatism in Pakistan, India lose their voice against separatism. Let us recognize it. Remind India that "An eye for a eye" is a immediate reality. If India can support insurgency & separatist struggles in Pakistan by means of Proxy wars and training separatists elements, so can Pakistan. Historically, we have a higher success rate.

jay | 8 years ago | Reply @Rehmat Ali: Indian have already fenced a large section of their border with Pakistan. Soon Pakistan will be the most fenced border in the world. I am sure thats what Pakistan want a cage , right ?

Pankaj | 8 years ago | Reply Selection India-Pak border is very agressive strategy from Taliban. India and Pakistan celebrates independence day togather and if they can hit this area it will hit both countries. And can increase tension between India and Pakistan.

Rehmat Ali | 8 years ago | Reply Necessity of time need to tight security and enforce strict border management on Afghan/Iran Borders.For decades we kept open Afghan border, every day 50000 people crossed border without having passport/visa. We must have one border management system not soft on one side and hard on other.What we planted now we are eating.

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