Durand Line
Durand Line: Pakistan military says fencing will be completed soon
Islamabad: Pakistan military has said it would complete the fencing along the Durand Line.
“The fencing alongside the (Durand Line) is continuing and work is completed 94 percent. Pakistan will finish it. This is good for the security of the people on both sides,” Babar Iftikhar, spokesman for Pakistan’s armed forces, told Tolo News.
The dispute between Kabul and Islamabad is increasing over the Durand Line issue.
The Taliban said that the decision over the fate of the Durand Line belongs to the people living on both sides of the line.
“The Durand Line is an issue of the whole nation, not the government. It doesn’t belong to the government. We will give the responsibility to the nation, so the nation will make the decision,” Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, told Tolo News.
A video went viral on social media which showed Taliban government forces destroying the Durand Line fencing and engaging in a dispute with the Pakistani military.
The Durand Line remained a crucial factor of dispute between the two countries.
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