Build the wall!
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https://news.yahoo.com/pakistan-army-completes-90-fencing-193727052.html
Pakistan’s military said Tuesday it has completed 90% of a fence being constructed along the border with Afghanistan, vowing to complete the project this summer.
Pakistan says it is constructing the fence to prevent cross-border militant attacks.
The announcement by the Pakistan army comes amid increasing violence in neighboring Afghanistan, where the Taliban have stepped up attacks ahead of a complete withdrawal of American troops from the war-torn country.
Pakistan started the fence along the 2,611-kilometer (1,622-mile) border with Afghanistan — known as the Durand Line — in 2017 when militants repeatedly launched cross-border attacks on Pakistani posts.
On Tuesday, a Pakistani military official, Col. Rizwan Nazir, told a group of foreign journalists at the key Torkham border crossing that the remaining 10% of the fence at the western border will be complete this year.
The border barrier between the two countries consists of two sets of chain-link fences separated by a 2-meter (6.5-foot) space that has been filled with concertina wire coils. The double fence is about 4 meters (13 feet) high. The military has installed surveillance cameras to check any movement along the border.
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Walls don't work. Mr. Biden told me so
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@jolly said in Build the wall!:
Walls don't work. Mr. Biden told me so
Well, in fairness to Joe, this isn't really a wall. It's a 6 foot high fence - with razor wire on top, so that's totes different.
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@jolly said in Build the wall!:
Walls don't work. Mr. Biden told me so
Well, in fairness to Joe, this isn't really a wall. It's a 6 foot high fence - with razor wire on top, so that's totes different.
@george-k said in Build the wall!:
@jolly said in Build the wall!:
Walls don't work. Mr. Biden told me so
Well, in fairness to Joe, this isn't really a wall. It's a 6 foot high fence - with razor wire on top, so that's totes different.
Yeah, but do you think it will work?
I don't.
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@george-k said in Build the wall!:
@jolly said in Build the wall!:
Walls don't work. Mr. Biden told me so
Well, in fairness to Joe, this isn't really a wall. It's a 6 foot high fence - with razor wire on top, so that's totes different.
Yeah, but do you think it will work?
I don't.
@doctor-phibes said in Build the wall!:
Yeah, but do you think it will work?
I don't.The Pakistanis do.
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@doctor-phibes said in Build the wall!:
Yeah, but do you think it will work?
I don't.The Pakistanis do.
@george-k said in Build the wall!:
@doctor-phibes said in Build the wall!:
Yeah, but do you think it will work?
I don't.The Pakistanis do.
Well, if ever there's a country with a successful and sophisticated approach to foreign policy....
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More fun between the two countries.
https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-pakistan-airstrikes-513791ef82fb8c2e4acce08c2b80c41a
Pakistan carried out airstrikes in Kabul and two other Afghan provinces early Friday, Afghanistan’s government spokesperson said, hours after Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack on Pakistan in the latest escalation of violence between the neighboring countries that made a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly shaky.
At least three explosions were heard in Kabul, but there was no immediate information on the exact location of the strikes in the Afghan capital, or of any potential casualties. Government spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said Pakistan also carried out airstrikes in Kandahar to the south and in the southeastern province of Paktia.
Two senior Pakistani security officials told The Associated Press that Pakistan’s military carried out airstrikes targeting what they described as Afghan military facilities in Kabul, Kandahar and Paktia provinces, allegedly destroying two brigade bases, but they didn’t mention any potential casualties. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to speak to media on the record.
