Voice of America: Fencing of border with Afghanistan on 'Fast Track'

In this file photo, a view of the border fence outside the Kitton outpost on the border with Afghanistan in North Waziristan, Pakistan, Oct. 18, 2017. (REUTERS)
Updated 20 April 2018
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Voice of America: Fencing of border with Afghanistan on 'Fast Track'

April 19: Voice of America report by Ayaz Gul states that Pakistan’s unilateral fencing and construction of new observation posts on the long border with Afghanistan are “progressing smoothly” despite recent deadly clashes between the two countries and traditional terrain-related challenges. The massive military-led effort to secure the 2,611-kilometer largely-porous frontier began in early 2017. Since then, a pair of 3-meter chain link fences, with a 2-meter gap topped with barbed wire, has been installed along more than 200 kilometers of the border, a senior security official working on the project told VOA Thursday.

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Updated 11 January 2024
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Source says Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman met with Islamic Emirate leader

January 10: TOLOnews has reported citing a source that Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, the leader of Pakistan's Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam party, met with Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada, the leader of the Islamic Emirate, Wednesday morning in Kandahar. Read more I


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Mohammad Rizwan named Pakistan T20I vice-captain

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Imran Khan's The Economist article not AI creation, clarifies PTI

Updated 11 January 2024
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Imran Khan's The Economist article not AI creation, clarifies PTI

January 9: GEO News has reported As the opinion piece of the imprisoned former prime minister well in the debate, the Imran Khan-led party — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) — has issued a clarification that the most talked about article published by The Economist was not an artificial intelligence (AI) creation. Read more I


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Updated 11 January 2024
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Imprisoned PTI boss ‘arrested’ in more cases

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Two more cops on polio duty martyred in Bannu

Updated 11 January 2024
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Two more cops on polio duty martyred in Bannu

January 10: The Express Tribune reported At least two policemen deployed for polio duty in the Teri Ram area of Bannu district were martyred while three others injured during a gunfight with unidentified armed men on Tuesday. One of the three attackers was killed, the other was taken into custody in an injured condition while the third one managed to escape. Read more I