Afghanistan’s Defense Ministry announces completion of operation in Pakistan

According to TOLO News, the operation was successful and ended at midnight local time

The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan announced the successful completion of the operation in the territory of Pakistan, TOLO News television reported, citing sources.

According to them, the operation was successful and ended at midnight local time (1230 PM IST).

The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan took measures against centers of Pakistan’s security forces along the Durand Line the border between Afghanistan and Undivided India drawn by the British ] in response to repeated intrusions into Afghanistan’s airspace and air strikes.

At least several dozen Afghan servicemen had been killed in clashes with Pakistani army units along the “border” between the two countries,as reported by Pakistan’s Geo TV channel before.According to it, the Pakistani armed forces used artillery, tanks, as well as aircraft and drones.

Earlier on Saturday, reports of gunfire emerged from the Afghan province of Helmand. Later, the Afghan Air Force struck the Pakistani city of Lahore. Taliban officials did not provide details of the operation. Afghanistan’s TOLO News TV channel reported on its website that at least 12 Pakistani servicemen were killed in the clashes.

The dispute on the border between the two countries is one of the longest globally.

The delimitation agreement between British and Afghan possessions was signed in 1893 in Kabul. Afghanistan has not recognized the Durand Line as the official border since 1947, after the establishment of independent Pakistan. The dispute was often the cause of armed conflicts and uprisings in border areas.

It’s high time New Delhi and Kabul negotiate an INTERNATIONAL boundary between Akhand BHARAT and GANDHAR DESH based on Uparisaena range line ( Hindukuh). Durand Line can be derecognized forthwith by the two countries and in due time New Delhi should even consign the Radcliffe Line too to the dustbin.