The fencing of the 2,611 km boundary along the border separating Pakistan and Afghan will be completed by December next year, Director General Inter Services Public Relations (DG-ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor said on Saturday.
“Work on 233 of the 843 forts and 802km of 1,200 kms in priority one areas has been completed,” he tweeted.
The construction of the fences started last year and is estimated to cost approximately $550 million. 
A pair of nine-foot wire fences, with a six-foot gap, topped with barbed wire, runs along the rugged terrain and snow-capped mountains which are as high as 12,000 feet.
Ghafoor added that the aim of the project is the speedy completion in priority one areas, while the “overall completion will take place by December 2019”.
The military spokesperson added that the border fencing is expected to benefit the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan while restricting the movement of terrorists.
