Border closed to stop terrorist infiltration, Pak envoy tells Afghan FO

ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan Foreign Office on Sunday summoned Pakistan’s ambassador to Kabul and complained that due to the closure of the Pak-Afghan border people are facing difficulties. 

Afghan officials said that Pakistan is shelling across the border. The Pakistani Ambassador responded to the concerns, saying that to stop infiltration of terrorists the border was closed.

He said that Pakistan wants peace in Afghanistan and has initiated Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad.

To ensure peace, closing the border was imperative, he said. The ambassador further said that Pakistani posts were being attacked and the army was only retaliating.

The border has been closed for the ninth consecutive day.

On Feb 24, Pakistan Army conducted targeted strikes across the Afghan border on Thursday, killing two high-profile terrorists affiliated with Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, according to security sources.

Those killed included Wajihullah alias Ahrar, who was sponsored by a hostile intelligence agency for terrorist activities in Pakistan, security sources said. He was the mastermind of the recent suicide attack in Lahore and earlier incidents in Punjab, they added.

Earlier, Pakistan was hit by five terrorist attacks in a week. In wake of the attacks, Pak-Afghan border was shut down and an operation was initiated to eliminate terrorism.