Pakistan to control all movement on Afghan border by 2020: Nisar
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar said Wednesday that Pakistan will control all traffic from Afghanistan through six dedicated routes by 2020.
"The border [between Afghanistan and Pakistan] stretches over more than 2,400 kilometres. We need to improve its management," Nisar said.
He was speaking at a press conference near the Torkham Border in Landi Kotal, Khyber Agency.
"Peace between the two countries is inter-linked," he said. "Pakistan wants free movement and welcomes the Afghan people, but terrorist infiltration needs to be curbed," he added.
Nisar said that no terrorist networks or headquarters were functional in Pakistan currently, claiming that terrorists have either been killed or have fled the country following the 'historic' Operation Zarb-e-Azb.
He added that certain rogue elements were now operating from across the Pak-Afghan border. "These people sneak across the border, enter our country, and attack our citizens like cowards," he said.
"We've always helped the Afghan people in their time of need. But terrorists took advantage of unregulated movement on our borders," Nisar said, adding that terrorists have been infiltrating Pakistan by hiding among ordinary citizens.