Report in TOLOnews Online Dec 29, 2023 at 8:57 PMEmomali Rahmon, the president of Tajikistan, recently said at a conference that he has established 75 security checkpoints on the border with Afghanistan in the past year. Emomali Rahmon said: “In one year, 75 high-quality border security checkpoints were built on the border of Tajikistan and Afghanistan.” At the same time, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan has said that Islamabad will…
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By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, December 29, 2023The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan says that it continues to engage in communications and negotiations with officials of the Taliban government regarding border and security issues. Mumtaz Zahra Baloch, the spokesperson for the ministry, stated on Thursday in a press conference that Islamabad wants Afghanistan to be a hub of trade and energy connectivity in the region. The Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesperson added…
By Nazir Shinwari in ToloNews, Dec 17, 2023 at 9:08 PMThe Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs said that the renovation work of border signs with Iran have been fifteen percent completed. The ministry’s spokesman Hamdullah Fitrat told TOLOnews that the work on a plan to renew the border signs with Afghanistan’s neighboring countries, including Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and China, is still ongoing. “The process of renewal of border marks with Iran has so far…
Report in TOLOnews Online, Dec 07, 2023 at 8:49 PMAsif Durrani, Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, accused the Islamic Emirate of hosting the TTP in Afghanistan, and said that the attacks of the TTP have increased by 65% on the Pakistan border. Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan claimed that 14 of the 24 attacks by TTP this year were carried out by Afghans. He has openly said that TTP has a sanctuary in Afghanistan. “Attacks…
report in Khaama Press online, Dec 2, 2023The Pakistani government is sending Afghan migrants back home, and at the same time, they’ve closed the Torkham border crossing for patients who don’t have passports and visas. The information and culture department in Nangarhar province of Afghanistan has announced through a statement that the Torkham border crossing was closed on Friday to patients lacking legal documents such as visas and passports. Previously, border officials at the Torkham…
report in Prothom Alo, Nov 23, 2023Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen stated that Bangladesh is closely monitoring the situation in Myanmar. In response to the escalating tension in Rakhine, the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) is vigilantly observing the border to prevent any infiltration into Bangladesh. He made these remarks after a meeting of the National Task Force on Rohingya issues at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday. During the meeting, there was an emphasis…
by Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, Nov 12, 2023China has decided to reopen the Korala border point for both trade and travel movements from Monday onwards after a hiatus of four years since it was closed. Nepal shares a 1,400-km long border with Tibet along the Himalayan range. China allows trade and transit through six border points—Tatopani-Khasa, Rasuwa-Kerung, Yari (Humla)-Purang, Olangchung Gola-Riwu, Kimathanka-Riwu and Nechung (Mustang)-Lizi—for bilateral trade with Nepal. Korala is the fourth…
Bureau Report in Dawn, November 9th, 2023PESHAWAR: Two militants were gunned down by members of security forces in an intelligence-based operation (IBO) carried out in Ursoon area, a locality situated near Pak-Afghan border in Chitral district, on Wednesday. A statement issued by Inter -Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military’s media wing, said the security forces conducted an IBO in Ursoon area where an intense exchange of fire took place between security forces and militants. Two…
by Umer Farooq in Dawn, November 7th, 2023PESHAWAR: A premature closure of Torkham border by the Afghan authorities on Sunday evening left scores of illegal immigrants, including women and children, under the open sky for several hours, compelling the Pakistani authorities to take the risk of shifting the families just before midnight to Peshawar instead of abandoning them at the border crossing. Officials at this side of the border said illegal immigrants were being processed…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, November 5, 2023Iran’s IRNA news agency has reported that the Ministry of Intelligence of the country, in collaboration with the Taliban administration, has apprehended three Israeli intelligence operatives (Mossad) who were planning to launch suicide drones towards Iran at the Afghanistan-Iran border. This Iranian media outlet reported the detention of these three individuals on Sunday and added that the detained individuals have been transferred to Iran. According…