Less than a month after the first instance of unprovoked firing in Chaman from Afghan security forces, we have seen a repeat incident, and once again, it is unclear why this transpired. On both occasions, the Afghan security forces fired on Pakistan from across the border without any provocation, only this time, 7 civilians were killed as a result with 16 others injured. It was expected that the interim Taliban government would bring stability to…
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report in The News, Dec 12, 2022Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the “unprovoked shelling and firing” by the Afghan border forces at the Chaman border and stressed the Afghan government should ensure that such incidents are not repeated. The latest incident of cross-border firing by the Afghan border security forces at the Chaman border martyred six people and injured 17 others. Taking to Twitter, PM Shehbaz said that the unfortunate attack on civilians “deserves the…
report in Daily Times, Dec 10, 2022Pakistan has taken all-out facilitative measures at all five Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing points to ensure the smooth processing of Afghan people, despite a heavy inflow of around 385,000 people a month. Currently, Pakistan has five crossing points operational with Afghanistan, which include Chaman, Torkham, Kharlachi, Ghulam Khan and Angoor Ada. Around 13,000 people move to and from Afghanistan through these crossing points that include pedestrians, patients, traders, tourists and…
by Purushottam Poudel in The Kathmandu Post, Dec 8, 2022Nepal has sent three ‘diplomatic notes’ to India since Sher Bahadur Deuba became prime minister last July. The most recent diplomatic note to the southern neighbour was sent on Tuesday following scuffles on the Nepal-India border at Darchula over India’s unilateral construction of an embankment on the Mahakali river. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent the latest diplomatic note requesting a joint inspection of the disputed…
report in The News, December 08, 2022LANDIKOTAL: The Customs authorities at Torkham border on Wednesday foiled a bid to smuggle foreign-made arms and ammunition.Chief collector Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Salim while showing the seized arms to media said that taking action on a tip-off, they stopped a loaded truck (E-3657) at Torkham border as it entered Pakistan. He said the truck was loaded with pomegranates from Afghanistan. The customs chief said the Customs officials searched the…
By Mehtab Haider in The News, Nov 29th, 2022ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) talks linger on as the two sides so far could not strike a broader agreement on a revised macroeconomic framework for the current financial year. It might delay in conclusion of the ninth review and release of $1 billion tranche till next calendar year 2023. Top official sources confirmed to ‘The News’ on Monday that talks with the IMF…
by Syed Ali Shah in The Express Tribune, Nov 15, 2022QUETTA: The Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Monday remained closed for the second consecutive day as tensions run high between the two countries after unprovoked firing from the Afghan side. The Chaman border – also known as Friendship Gate –, which connects Balochistan province to Afghanistan’s Kandahar province, was closed after an armed Afghan reportedly crossed into Pakistan’s border and opened fire on the security troops, martyring…
By Saqalain Eqbal in The Khaama Press, 20 Oct 2022 at 03:10 PMPakistani border security forces and Taliban armed forces clashed along the border in the Spin Boldak border town in Kandahar province of southern Afghanistan. According to Taliban officials, a woman was killed by Pakistani border forces on the Afghan side. According to Mawlawi Mahmood, the Taliban chief of police for the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar, the border clash was started by Pakistani…