23 July 2016

News Story: Pakistan and Afghanistan to discuss border security on July 26

ISLAMABAD, July 22 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan and Afghanistan will hold a high level meeting in Kabul on July 26 to discuss a border mechanism to check the illegal cross-border movement, officials said on Friday.

Pakistan introduced a new mechanism from June 1st that makes it obligatory for every Afghan to carry legal travel documents for entering Pakistan.

Earlier, thousands of Afghans, living near the border, would enter Pakistan without passport and visas. Pakistani officials insist that the militants would take advantage of the loose border control and would move on both sides for terrorist acts.

Afghanistan had complained that Pakistan introduced the new system without consulting it.

Read the full story at Xinhua