NewsThursday, April 12, 2007
Border fencing to start soonBy Iqbal Khattak
SHOLAM POST: Pakistan will soon begin fencing a 12-kilometre area along the Pak-Afghan border in South Waziristan to halt cross-border movement by insurgents, military spokesman Major General Waheed Arshad said on Wednesday.
“The fenced area will be guarded by soldiers,” Maj Gen Arshad told a group of Pakistani and foreign journalists at the Zarinoor army base outside Wana. He said the fencing would begin when the equipment reaches the area. “Fencing will start soon,” he added, but gave no specific date.
Commanding officer Maj Gen Gul Muhammad told the journalists that Pakistani and coalition forces were regularly holding meetings in the border area and were also “sharing information”. He stopped short of elaborating what information was being shared with the coalition forces. Maj Gen Muhammad said that he was manning 33 posts along the Afghan border and had made a three-tier troop deployment.
Courtesy DailyTimes.com.pk
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