Islamabad :
ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed has said that Pakistan has shifted Frontier Constabulary, Levies Force and other paramilitary forces along the Pak-Afghan border from front line positions as the army has started deploying in these places. FC Balochistan and paramilitary forces working under the Interior Ministry were called back from the border patrol.
The Home Minister said that now that the paramilitary forces have been replaced, the regular troops are managing the border. Sheikh Rashid added that the decision was taken in view of the volatile situation across the border.
He said the decision was made to stop the flow of refugees from Afghanistan and to prevent the entry of armed men and militants into Pakistan.
The Home Minister said that paramilitary forces including Frontier Constabulary, Levies, Rangers were deployed at the border to deal with illegal immigration, smuggling, etc. However, the current volatile situation in Afghanistan requires regular troops along the border. Be deployed
Major General Babar Iftikhar, Director General (DG) of the Pakistan Army Public Relations (ISPR), had recently said on a TV channel that the army was monitoring the borders and that the move would not affect the territory of Afghanistan. The Iranian border will help stem the escalation of the conflict.
Armed forces sources later said that the most serious challenge in the current scenario is not only to prevent the influx of terrorists under the guise of refugees or refugees, but also the movement of Afghan officials or Taliban fighters.
“We have seen more than a thousand Afghans flee to Tajikistan in early July for fear of the Taliban, but the Taliban’s presence in northern Afghanistan is not as strong as in areas bordering Pakistan,” an official said.
“So if Afghan troops enter Pakistan while fighting, it is likely that the Taliban will pursue them and the conflict will spread inside Pakistan,” he said.
“Pakistan does not want the Afghan Air Force to use our airspace to attack the Taliban without permission, and in retaliation, the militants attack Pakistani positions and create a new problem,” he said.
In addition, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid said it was time for Afghan politicians and their military leadership to learn to deal with their problems.
“We do not want Pakistani soil to be used in any way in the Afghan conflict and we have assured the Afghan leadership of this policy,” he said.
