Pakistan announces its 1600-mile wall on Afghanistan border to keep out peaceful jihadis is nearly complete

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https://www.startribune.com/pakista...ghanistan-nearly-done/600009292/?refresh=true


ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military said Monday it has nearly completed a fence along the border with Afghanistan, which Islamabad says is necessary to prevent militant attacks from both sides.

Maj. Gen. Babar Iftikhar, spokesman for Pakistan’s armed forces, said more than 83% of the fence along the 2,611-kilometer (1,622-mile) border with Afghanistan — known as the Durand Line — has been completed.

The remaining work at the country’s western border was expected to be completed by the middle of the year, he told a televised news conference in the garrison city of Rawalpindi.

Pakistan says it is erecting the fence to stop the movement of Pakistani Taliban, remnants of al-Qaida, and other foreign militants who prior to the fence’s construction could easily launch cross-border attacks on both sides. It was easier for militants to return to Afghanistan after launching attacks inside Pakistan, Pakistani officials say….

 

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Actually the wall is not to keep jihadist out. Its to keep pakistan as a entity. Pashtun tribes on both sides of the border wants a separate pashtun state. Only thing keeping this from happening is religion, the only unifying force in Pakistan.