A meetin­g was held betwee­n the offici­als of Fronti­er Corps and tribal elders­ISLAMABAD: Army will soon starting building fences along the Pak-Afghan border area in Balochistan, officials said. A meeting was held between the officials of Frontier Corps (FC) and tribal elders in Chaman, Balochistan along the border, the FC officials said Wednesday. The meeting was organised by FC officials, the district administration and tribal elders to discuss the matter of fencing at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman. The officials said that fences have already been built along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and soon this project will be started in Balochistan. Pakistan earlier built fences at the northwestern border mainly to control the penetration of Afghan militants into its territory via porous border between the two countries.

Source: The Express Tribune February 10, 2018 14:59 UTC