Highlights 1 Pakistan has started fencing work along the Durand Line. Despite Afghanistan's strong reservations, Pakistan has started the fencing work along the whole Pakistan-Afghanistan border or Durand Line. According to Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor, DG, Inter-Service Public Relations and Pakistan Army spokesperson, the work is part of Operation Radd ul Fasaad, Pakistan Army's countrywide anti-terror operation and has been ordered by Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bahwa. Besides fencing, Pakistan Army and FC KP are constructing new Forts / Border Posts to improve surveillance and defensibility. The border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, known as Durand Line, is disputed and Afghanistan has vowed to never recognise it.

Source: India Today June 20, 2017 17:37 UTC