Both sides suffered casualties as Afghan and Pakistani forces clashed near the Durand Line over construction of a new post by the Pakistanis, an official said on Wednesday. Pakistani forces against the rules attempted to set up a…
Officials of Khalid bin Waleed Corps in eastern region on Tuesday said that efforts were being made to strengthen checkpoints and military bases along the Durand Line in the eastern zone of the country. Officials say construction of…
Newly trained border guards from the First Border Brigade in the east are being deployed to newly-built checkpoints along the Durand Line in Nangarhar and Kunar provinces, an official said on Sunday. Local officials say the barbed wire…
Issues related to the fencing of the Durand Line will be resolved diplomatically, says the government. Abdul Qahar Balkhi, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said this a day after the Pakistani foreign minister made a similar…
Kabul and Islamabad have resolved a recent spat on Durand Line spending, pledging to develop consensus before work on the project resumes. Speaking to a select group of journalists in Islamabad on Friday, a Pakistani official said: “It…
Hundreds of people blocked the busy Chaman-Quetta highway in protest against the continued closure if the Durand Line. Infuriated representatives of political parties, traders, transporters and labourers took part in the protest that brought vehicular traffic to a…
Afghan businessmen incur $1.5 million loss daily as a result of the closure of three crossing points on Durand Line, officials of the Nangarhar Chamber of Commerce (NCC) said on Sunday. Thousands of trucks, trailers loaded and unloaded…
The Biden administration has urged Pakistan to keep the Durand Line open for Afghan refugees, a media report said on Thursday. Dawn quoted a senior State Department official as saying: “So, in a place like Pakistan, it’ll be…
Pakistan has reopened the Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing, paving the ground for the resumption of Afghan transit and legal trade activities. After Taliban’s capture of Spin Boldak and Wesh districts of southern Kandahar province in the second week of…
Pakistan has sealed the Durand Line after the fall of a key border town the Taliban in southern Kandahar province. On Wednesday, Afghan media outlets reported the insurgents had wrested control of Wesh near the Pakistani town of…
The fencing of the Durand Line, which Afghanistan does not recognise as a formal border with Pakistan, will be completed within two weeks. Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed told lawmakers in Islamabad on Saturday that 88 per cent…
Pakistan on Wednesday sealed the Torkham land crossing in an attempt to control the smuggling of new variants of the coronavirus into the country. “All routes to the Durand Line (Torkham) and the Iranian border were completely sealed…
Business leaders in southwestern Balochistan province have called for the opening of the border with Afghanistan for trade between the neighbours. Quetta Chamber of Commerce and Industries (QCCI) President Ghulam Farooq Khan Khilji and Senior Vice President Badaruddin…
The closure of Pakistan has sparked a protest in the Chaman district of southwestern Balochistan province. The Durand Line has been shut since March 2, with the Pakistan government saying the closure was aimed at controlling the spread…
The business community in Pakistan open round the clock. The Sarhad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCI) asked the government to end the coronavirus-prompted lockdown and allow businesses to remain open seven days a week. SCCI President Maqsood…
The fencing of Durand Line Army says. . As Islamabad believes the fence will help contain terrorist activities, Kabul says it does not recognise the British-era frontier as an international frontier. Despite Afghanistan’s reservations, Pakistan is working…
Peace in Pakistan, a Pakhtun nationalist leader says, urging closer ties between the neighbours. Awami National Party (ANP) secretary-general Mian Iftikhar Hussain, speaking to journalists at the Swat Press Club on Saturday, asked the federal government to keep…
Afghan and Pakistani border forces engaged in an armed clash over building a fence along the Durand Line on Sunday, local officials in southern Kandahar province said. Kandahar police spokesman, Zia Durani, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
KABUL. Loy Afghanistan Movement (LAM) on Sunday organized a gathering titled “Unrecognized Durand Line” in capital Kabul. Abdul Jamil Weqar, head of LAM, said the Abasin River was the border of Afghanistan and people on both sides of the Durand…
The people of Afghanistan activist on Saturday. Addressing a seminar on ‘Durand an unacceptable line’ Civil Society Activist Akbar Bacha said Pakistani officials since the birth of Pakistan have been pushing Afghan governments to accept the Durand Line…
Pakistan, saying effective security measures are in the interest of both sides. Gen. Asif Ghafoor, during a meeting with a delegation of Afghan journalists visiting Rawalpindi, asked the delegates to play positive role in strengthening bilateral relations. Afghanistan…
