Pakistan Ensures Full Support to Afghan Peace Process
Pakistan’s Foreign secretary, Sohail Mahmood Received Afghanistan’s Najibullah Alikhel, Afghan Ambassador to Pakistan, they both highlighted the landmark visit by Imran khan to Kabul.
Sohail also assured Pakistan’s full support to the Afghan peace process and reiterated the commitment for further strengthening bilateral ties and resolved for enhancing regional connectivity.
This comes as Pakistan Minister for Railways, Sheikh Rashid Ahmed announced plans to Link Afghanistan and Pakistan through a railway line from Chaman to Spin Boldak.
The first phase would require around 11km of railway track from Chaman to Spin Boldak, and the survey in regards to the project has already completed, and if Afghanistan wanted the project could be extended up to Kandahar province, Dawna News Reported.
Dawn news reported, that this project will facilitate mutual trade and can be efficient for transferring passengers.
In similar bilateral news, Pakistan announced that its 2,600km fence along the Pak-Afghan border will be completed by the coming months.
Pakistan’s army media unit, Inter-Services Public Relations told VOA on Friday, that Pakistan completed 83 percent of fencing the border.
The program was launched in 2017 for blocking militant infiltration, smuggling, and other illegal crossings.
The Durand Line is a disputed borderline as 1893 colonial-era demarcation, but Pakistan claims it inherited the international frontier after gaining its independence from Britain in 1947.
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