Pakistan blocks part of its Afghan border
Pakistan has sealed a section of its western border with Afghanistan to stop militants fleeing a US-led offensive on the Afghan side from sneaking into the country, the military said yesterday.
US and Afghan government troops launched an air and ground assault, code named Operation Mountain Lion, last week to clear militants from the eastern province of Kunar, bordering Pakistan.
Military spokesman Major-General Shaukat Sultan said Pakistan had deployed troops in its tribal areas, opposite Afghanistan's Kunar and neighbouring Nangarhar provinces, to stop militants infiltrating into Pakistan.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. "We do block certain routes whenever an operation is carried out on the other side of the border to prevent terrorists from crossing the border," Sultan said.
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