Afghan border fence to be ready by Dec 2019: ISPR

[HAIDER]

KARACHI: The Pakistan Army announced on Saturday that work on fencing along the border with Afghanistan was going apace and that the project would complete by next December.

Pakistan and Afghanistan share a long porous border and Islamabad believes it could help contain terrorist activities on this side of the mountainous border — running from tribal areas in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to borderlands in Balochistan — if cross-border movement of militant elements is checked.

In May, Chief of the Army Staff Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa inaugurated the work for erecting fences along the Afghan border near the Panjpai area of Balochistan.

The director general of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the army’s public affairs wing, released the details of the progress on the construction of fencing and posts in a tweet on Saturday. “Work on forts & fence continues on Pak-Afg Bdr. Total length 2611 KM. Work on 233 of 843 forts & 802 of 1200 KM pri 1 areas completed. Aiming speedy completion in pri 1 areas, overall completion [is expected] by Dec 2019 IA [InshaAllah]. Shall benefit peaceful people of Pak & Afg while restricting terrorists.”

Prime Minister Imran Khan during his first visit to North and South Waziristan tribal districts on Nov 26 witnessed the ongoing work on border fencing.

Accompanied by the army chief, the premier while addressing a jirga on the occasion said that Pakistan believes in peace beyond borders and would play its role in the Afghan peace process.

Mr Khan witnessed the fencing work in the Ghulam Khan border area. The ISPR at the time had said the prime minister hailed achievements of the security forces and intelligence agencies for their successful operations against terrorists.

“No other country or their armed forces have done what Pakistan and its armed forces have done in war against terrorism,” Mr Khan had said.

Published in Dawn, December 16th, 2018

 

[Maxpane]

Good news hope can complete earlier and use drone to protect our border

 

[Crystal-Clear]

we should start minimg it plis deployment of snipers .

 

[LeGenD]

Fantastic news.

This should have been done long ago, but better late then never.

 

[Jaanbaz]

How will it be monitored though? Just the fence won't stop terrorists from Afghanistan crossing over.

 

[SQ8]

The goats from across the border will try to break it down and use harassment. The only solution is to kill a few of them and thrown their bodies across.

 

[ziaulislam]

How will it be monitored though? Just the fence won't stop terrorists from Afghanistan crossing over.

If they do develop all the 800 fortes it will mean each forte will have 3 km to cover..a deployment of 20-30 people will be enough for round the clock

Most of the could be done via line of site giving fortes high positions ..but i think drones can be used ..a surveillance captor should be developed for this ..

 

[Jaanbaz]

If they do develop all the 800 fortes it will mean each forte will have 3 km to cover..a deployment of 20-30 people will be enough for round the clock

Most of the could be done via line of site giving fortes high positions ..but i think drones can be used ..a surveillance captor should be developed for this ..

Deploying drones would be a good idea. Sometimes humans can't physically man the whole border but drone adds a clear advantage over terrorists trying to sneak in.

 

[Rafi]

How will it be monitored though? Just the fence won't stop terrorists from Afghanistan crossing over.

CCTV, motion sensors, ground radar, monitoring border patrols, forts, drones etc.

 

[ziaulislam]

Deploying drones would be a good idea. Sometimes humans can't physically man the whole border but drone adds a clear advantage over terrorists trying to sneak in.

Even civilian market have drones with range of 1 km..so PAC should work on this

 

[MBT 3000]

it must be fully manned most of the time and have drones patrolling

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

Very good news. In sha Allah, our major security woes will be a thing of the past.

 

[Yaseen1]

unless buffer zone is established on afghan area connected with border it many not work completely a missile or rocket attack is enough to destroy this fence and it is not difficult considering terrain of region