LANDIKOTAL: Inspector General Frontier Corps (IGFC) Maj Gen Shaheen Khattak visited the Torkham border to inspect the security arrangements, official sources said on Monday.
Assistant Political Agent of Landikotal Muhammad Nasir Khan told The News that the IGFC met the officials and discussed issues related to border security. He was also briefed on trade and commerce activities taking place at the Torkham border.
Maj Gen Shaheen Khattak inspected various government offices, including those of the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra), Customs and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA).
He directed the relevant officials to ensure free and fair service delivery.
The IGFC checked several security checkpoints established along the Torkham border. He talked to the border security personnel.
Shaheen Khattak stressed swift registration of the Afghan and Pakistani citizens frequently crossing the Pak-Afghan border.
The IGFC told the Torkham authorities to systematically streamline heavy traffic from and to Afghanistan to enhance trade and business relations with Afghanistan and the Central Asian States.
Khyber Agency Political Agent Khalid Mehmood, Commandant of Khyber Rifles Colonel Tariq Hafeez, Assistant Political Agent Nasir Khan and other civil and military officials were also present on the occasion.http://www.thenews.com.pk/print/100378-IGFC-visits-Torkham-border
Pakistani, Tajik militants among 37 killed in Kunduz operations
KHAAMA PRESS – Mon Feb 22 2016, 6:41 pm
At least 37 militants including Pakistani and Tajik nationals were killed during clearing operations in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said.
A statement by the Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the operations were conducted in the vicinity of Dasht-e-Archi district.
The statement further that two Pakistani nationals and three other belonging to Tajikistan were among those killed and at least 25 others were wounded.
The Afghan armed forces also confiscated various types of weapon and explosives during the same operations, MoD said, adding that three members of the Afghan National Army (ANA) forces were also martyred.
The anti-government armed militant groups have not commented regaridng the report so far.
Kunduz is among the volatile provinces in northern Afghanistan where anti-government armed militant groups are actively operating in a number of its districts and often carry out insurgency activities.
The provincial capital of Kunduz briefly fell to Taliban control last year and since then certain districts have been witnessing violence on occasional basis.
www.khaama.com/pakistani-tajik-militants-among-37-killed-in-kunduz-operations-143
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