ISLAMABAD, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said Saturday that the country has started fencing border with Afghanistan in a move to stop the cross-border movement of the militants.
Security officials have long been complaining that the Pakistani militants, who have escaped as a result of military operations, now operate from the Afghan soil of the border.
Pakistan and Afghanistan have nearly 2,600-kilometer-long common border, mostly porous, and Pakistani officials insist that bombers could enter Pakistan due to weak border control.
During his visit to Pak-Afghan border areas in Mohmand and Orakzai tribal agencies, Bajwa told the troops that fencing has commenced in Bajaur and Mohmand agencies as they are high threat zones.
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