by Ahmadul Hassan in Prothom Alo, Jun 26, 2023The Department of Narcotics Control (DNC) has identified 146 unprotected border points through which drugs are being smuggled into the country. Dangerous drugs, ice and yaba are being smuggled into the country from Myanmar through 66 land and river points while other traditional and non-traditional drugs, including heroin and phensedyl, are entering from India through other porous border points. These points are in 19 border districts. The…
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by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, June 15th, 2023QUETTA: Four suspected terrorists, including a ringleader, were killed in an exchange of fire during an operation conducted by the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) of police in the Gohri Kaul area, close to the Pak-Afghan border, on Wednesday. Arms and ammunition, including a suicide jacket, were seized during the operation, according to a CTD statement. It explained that a suspect in custody, Ali Mohammad alias Chhota Qari, during the…
By Parbat Portel in The Kathmandu Post, June 07, 2023The writer is the Jhapa correspondent for Kantipur Publications.Demand for Nepali tea is rising in the Indian market as production has slipped across the border. Nepali tea traders say Indian tea estates are going through a lean period as the tea bushes there have reached the end of their life cycles. Most of the plants are 80 years old, and some are more than 100 years…
By Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, June 03, 2023Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal said on Friday that discussions have begun on alternatives for resolving the boundary issue with India, mainly the Kalapani dispute. After a meeting with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Thursday, Dahal indicated that Nepal can consider swapping the Kalapani area with India in order to gain land access to Bangladesh through the Indian ‘chicken’s neck’. The ‘chicken’s neck’ or Siliguri…
report in The News, June 02, 2023RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers were martyred in an exchange of fire with terrorists in Singwan area (Dist Kech) of Balochistan along the Pakistan-Iran border. When a group of terrorists attacked the security post, the troops retaliated and pushed them back, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement on Thursday. During the exchange of fire, Sepoy Hasnain Ishtiaq, 34, and Sepoy Inayat Ullah, 27, embraced Shahadat. The security forces…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, May 31, 2023Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force (IRGC-AF), said that “enemies” are attempting to escalate the border tension with Afghanistan into a conflict and that there is no need to be concerned about it. Hajizadeh said the enemies should be aware that there would not be a war or confrontation between the two countries, but he did not mention…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, May 31, 2023Ahmad Vahidi, Iran’s interior minister, asked the Taliban authorities to advise their security forces to maintain peace and security and avoid further border conflicts. The Iranian Minister said on Wednesday that peace and security had been restored in the area following the recent incidents that occurred along the Iran-Afghanistan border, according to Tasnim News. Vahidi blamed the Taliban forces for last week’s border clashes and…
By Ahmad Yosufkhail in ToloNews, May 30,2023 at 9:45 PMThe commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Aerospace Force (IRGC-AF), Amir Ali Hajizadeh, referring to recent border clashes with Afghanistan, said that “enemies” are seeking to turn the border tension with Afghanistan into a war and that there is no need to be concerned about it. Speaking at the Tehran University of Science and Technology, Hajizadeh called the clashes with the border forces of the…
report in Dawn, May 28th, 2023 & Khaama Press, May 27, 2023KABUL: Three people were killed and many others suffered injuries after shooting broke out between Taliban fighters and Iranian border guards near a border post between Iran and Afghanistan, a Taliban spokesman said on Saturday. Both sides blamed the other for shooting first. It was not immediately clear what had provoked the incident but it comes amid tensions between the two countries over water…
By Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post, May 02, 2023The writer is a business reporter for The Kathmandu Post covering markets.Chinese authorities have issued a new rule under which Nepali trucks are not allowed to cross the border at Tatopani and their cargo has to be transferred to Chinese trucks for onward transport to points in Tibet, officials said. Nepal’s exports through the Tatopani border point resumed on Monday after eight years, and three goods-laden…
by Krishana Prasain in The Kathmandu Post Apr 9, 2023Following a meeting of the Nepal-China border trade mechanism in Lhasa on March 29, the Rasuwagadhi-Kerung border point has finally come into full operation from April 1, after being closed for 38 months. China also resumed passengers’ clearance at the Jilong (Rasuwa) dry port. Nepali traders say they are encouraged by the opening of the borders but remain cautiously optimistic. They hope there will be no…