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When Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif visited Kabul along with a high level delegation last month, he and the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani renewed their nation’s vows to jointly combat the mutual threat of militant groups operating along the two countries shared border. "Afghanistan and Pakistan should fight together to bring the security and stability and prosperity which our people want," Ghani said during a joint news conference. "The enemy of Pakistan is the enemy of Afghanistan, and the enemy of Afghanistan is the enemy of Pakistan." Sharif pledged that any militant group seeking to destabilize Afghanistan from Pakistani soil will be hunted down and dealt with harshly. "Coordinated operations will be planned and conducted on mutually agreed basis to target militant hideouts along the border," he said.
Pakistan and Afghanistan share an immense border stretching 1510 miles (2430 km) along the southern and eastern edges of Afghanistan. The Afghan provinces of Badakhshan, Nurestan, Konar, Nangarhar, Paktiya, Khost, Paktika, Zabul, Kandahar, Helmand, and Nimruz are all adjacent to the Pakistani border. Ethnic Pashtuns populate the area along the border. The frontier passes through varying terrain, with sandy deserts in the south and rugged mountains in the east. Major border crossings between the two countries are in Torkham, between Peshawar and Jalalabad and in Spinboldak between Kandahar and Quetta. It is encouraging to see high level delegations from both sides of the border visiting each other. No one will deny that it is important for both countries to continue with their efforts to jointly work and defeat terrorism once and for all. The challenges continue in the shape of Taliban and it is important for both countries to keep the lines of communications open and go after the enemy at their end. The people of the region have suffered enough at the hands of the terrorists and relief can only come if all parties join hands and work together.
Abdul Quddus
DET - U.S. Central Command
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Pakistan and Afghanistan share an immense border stretching 1510 miles (2430 km) along the southern and eastern edges of Afghanistan. The Afghan provinces of Badakhshan, Nurestan, Konar, Nangarhar, Paktiya, Khost, Paktika, Zabul, Kandahar, Helmand, and Nimruz are all adjacent to the Pakistani border. Ethnic Pashtuns populate the area along the border. The frontier passes through varying terrain, with sandy deserts in the south and rugged mountains in the east. Major border crossings between the two countries are in Torkham, between Peshawar and Jalalabad and in Spinboldak between Kandahar and Quetta. It is encouraging to see high level delegations from both sides of the border visiting each other. No one will deny that it is important for both countries to continue with their efforts to jointly work and defeat terrorism once and for all. The challenges continue in the shape of Taliban and it is important for both countries to keep the lines of communications open and go after the enemy at their end. The people of the region have suffered enough at the hands of the terrorists and relief can only come if all parties join hands and work together.
Abdul Quddus
DET - U.S. Central Command
www.facebook.com/centcomurdu
