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India-Pakistan
Pak-Afghan border must be sealed
2009-10-21
RAWALPINDI: The Pak-Afghan border must be sealed on the Afghan side to prevent the cross-border movement of terrorists and the flow of weapons into Pakistan, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Tariq Majid said on Tuesday.

He was talking to United Kingdom Chief of Defence Staff Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup at the Joint Staff Headquarters. The two leaders discussed a host of security-related issues, bilateral defence cooperation and the regional security situation, with a special emphasis on the situation in Afghanistan, as well as the ongoing operation in South Waziristan Agency, the ISPR said.

Gen Tariq appreciated the contributions of British troops in Afghanistan, urging the synchronisation of effort on both sides of the border and sharing of real time intelligence.

Stirrup expressed “solidarity and full support” to Pakistan, but warned against fallout in Balochistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran.

He later met Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Kayani as well. The COAS briefed Stirrup on the ongoing operation in South Waziristan and the successful operation against the Taliban in Swat.
Posted by:Steve White

#11  ION PAKISTANI DEFENCE FORUM > PAKISTAN READY TO NUKE NEW DELHI IN JOINT CONSPIRACY [PAK-CHina, + despite MilTerr threats]?

As per internal PAK sources, Author claims that PAKIS may covertly have up to 250 NUCBOMBS, as compared to 60-rising-to-100 nukes described in a US Congressional Research Service [USCRS] Report.

[ANTONIO BANDERAS "AH YES...SHOW" here].
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2009-10-21 20:38  

#10  Ummm, a bit of propaganda there, signs are cheape than actual mines, I'm NOT going to check.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-10-21 18:32  

#9  I seem to remember seeing huge signs announcing "mine fields" when I drove through both the Ecuador-Peru and Peru-Chile borders.
Posted by: Bugs Slath3086   2009-10-21 15:52  

#8  Not the goats - they are too valuable. Use wives & children.
Posted by: Glenmore   2009-10-21 14:37  

#7  I read the Afgan way to clear mines is to run a herd of goats through the area, kinda hard on the goats, and sometimes the herd-boy, but no loss of anything important(Muslims).

Land mines won't work as a pass stopper.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2009-10-21 13:00  

#6  Some people, though not everyone, are awfully fond of landmines in that part of the world...

That what Muslims have women & children for, MM.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2009-10-21 10:44  

#5  Some people, though not everyone, are awfully fond of landmines in that part of the world...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2009-10-21 10:42  

#4  While you can't seal it, you can reduce its permeability a couple of orders of magnitude. As long as you don't get too concerned about collateral damage. But of course minimizing collateral damage and managing public perception is essential to the strategic plan.
Posted by: Glenmore   2009-10-21 07:57  

#3  Is sealing that border remotely possible?

It would make sealing the US/Mexico border look like a job for a slow week when not much else was happening.
Posted by: phil_b   2009-10-21 03:59  

#2  Is sealing that border remotely possible?
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2009-10-21 00:10  

#1  Pakistan suggested closing the border years ago, but Karzai adamantly opposed it, for the reasons that most goods used in Afghanistan come from Pakistan, and there are many tribes whose territories overlap both countries and would go on the warpath if efforts were made to divide them.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2009-10-21 00:09  

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