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Pakistani Security Forces Kill 8 Militants Near Afghanistan Border

By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online,The Pakistani security forces killed eight militants, including their commander, in a special operation on Wednesday near Afghanistan border, the military’s media wing said in a statement. Meanwhile, the statement said that one Pakistani soldier dead and four others were wounded during the shootout. The operation occurred in the Shin Warsak area of South Waziristan, a northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province district. The military has not said anything about the…

Man injured in land mine blast in Bandarban

report Dhaka Tribune, Apr 5, 2023A man had his ankle blown off by a landmine explosion while catching wild roosters on the border of Naikhongchhari upazila of Bandarban on Tuesday afternoon. The injured is Surut Alam, 40, of Cherarmath area of Ward No 6 in Naikhongchhari Sadar union. Naikhongchhari police station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Tantu Saha said that locals rescued him and took him to Cox’s Bazar Sadar Hospital. Locals said that Surut Alam crossed the…

Russia, Tajikistan Troops Hold Military Exercises Near Afghanistan Border

By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online,April 3, 2023Russia and Tajikistan held military exercises at the Kharb-Maidon training ground in Tajikistan, 20 Km from the border with Afghanistan, that will continue till April 7, Officials said on Monday. At the Kharb-Maidon training facility in Tajikistan, 20 kilometres from the Afghan border, military contingents from Russia and Tajikistan began joint drills that will last through April 7, according to a Monday press release from the Central…

Kerung and Tatopani border points set to reopen fully for trade, travel

Report in The Kathmandu Post, MAR 30, 2023Senior Nepali and Chinese officials have agreed to fully reopen the Kerung border point for two-way trade and movement of people from April 1. The decision was made on Wednesday during the first meeting of the Nepal-China Coordination Mechanism on Border Trade and Cooperation held in Lhasa on Wednesday. The meeting was co-chaired by Madhu Kumar Marasini, secretary at the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies and Chen…

Large quantity of arms, ammunition seized

by Saleem Shahid in Dawn, March 7th, 2023QUETTA: Security forces have foiled a terrorist attack plan in the border town of Chaman, seizing a large quantity of arms and ammunition, including suicide jackets, officials said on Monday. They said the security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Chaman and recovered arms and ammunition dumped in a compound. These included 10 suicide vests, 15 anti-tank mines, readymade IEDs, 10 detonators, 64 circuits, 140 anti-personnel landmines, seven…

Bangladeshi villagers attack BSF jawans, snatch weapons; 2 seriously injured

ANI report in Times of India, Feb 27, 2023 at 09.18 AM ISTNEW DELHI: Two Border Security Force (BSF) jawans received severe injuries after they were attacked by Bangladeshi miscreants and villagers while performing duty in the security of Indian farmers on the international border. BSF has raised the matter with Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) and called for a flag meeting. In a statement, BSF informed that the incident took place in the area of…

Over 800 goods vehicles cross into Afghanistan as Torkham border reopens

by Ibrahim Shinwari in Dawn, Febr 26th, 2023KHYBER: Over 800 goods vehicles crossed over to Afghanistan on Saturday as the bilateral trade resumed after six days hiatus due to the abrupt closure of the Torkham border by Afghan authorities late on Sunday. Customs officials told Dawn that as many as 500 vehicles loaded with transit goods and 380 vehicles of Pakistani export items were already cleared by them prior to the closure of the border…

Afghan border reopens after six days

by Shahid Khan in The Nation, Feb 26, 2023PESHAWAR – The impasse was finally broken on Satur­day as Pakistan and Afghanistan reopened the Torkham border, which remained shut for six days, authorities have said. The border was shut by the Afghan Taliban a few days ago when they also fired shots injuring a security man on the Pakistani side over the issue of not permitting an Afghan patient to enter Pakistan for medical care due…

Nepal, India skip contentious issues at Kathmandu talks

by Anil Giri in The Kathmandu Post, Feb 14, 2023Nepal and India held a foreign secretary level meeting on Monday where they discussed a range of issues of mutual interests. But they avoided broaching contentious issues related to boundary and border, submission of the final report of the Eminent Persons’ Group on Nepal-India relations, and resolution of the standoff over the Agnipath scheme on recruitment of Nepalis in the Indian Army. The meeting took place…

Bombs, grenades seized in Bajaur raid

report in Dawn, February 1st, 2023BAJAUR: The authorities claimed on Tuesday to have recovered two improvised explosive devices (IEDs), seven rocket-propelled grenades and fuses in Mamond tehsil near the Pak-Afghan border here. The recovery was made during an intelligence-based operation conducted jointly by a team of police and Bajaur Scouts, according to a statement issued from the district police officer’s office in Khar. It said the IEDs and grenades were hidden there by some miscreants…

Nepal to propose two new cross-border transmission lines with India

by Prithvi Man Shrestha in The Kathmandu Post, January 26, 2023Nepal will propose developing two new Nepal-India cross-border transmission lines during the upcoming high-level meetings on energy between the two neighbours. As hydropower production has been growing in the country amid limited consumption, Nepal must sell more power to India to avoid spillage. For this, reliable infrastructure for cross-border transmission of power is necessary, officials say. Nepal plans to discuss constructing two new high capacity…