In Pictures: Pak-Afghan border fencing in Shawwal
Army officers work in extreme conditions
Fencing on the Pak-Afghan border in extreme weather. PHOTO:EXPRESS
PESHAWAR:
The military-led construction effort went into action last year. It has already fenced off about a 150-kilometer portion of the border identified as “highly prone” to terrorist infiltration.
The pair of nine-foot wire fences, with a six-foot gap, and topped with barbed wire, runs along rugged terrain and snow-capped mountains as high as 12,000 feet. Officials estimate the project will cost about $550 million.
The Pakistan Army has continued to fence the country’s border with Afghanistan despite extreme weather, heavy snowfall and difficult terrain.
The Pakistan Army completed fencing of the first 482-km long patch of the 1,403km long Pakistan-Afghanistan border in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) by December last year. The fence is provided with security cameras and motion detectors.
The military-led construction effort went into action last year. It has already fenced off about a 150-kilometer portion of the border identified as “highly prone” to terrorist infiltration.
The pair of nine-foot wire fences, with a six-foot gap, and topped with barbed wire, runs along rugged terrain and snow-capped mountains as high as 12,000 feet. Officials estimate the project will cost about $550 million.