Afghanistan: Taliban has said that Afghanistan will not allow fencing by Pakistan on the Durand Line, amid the ongoing tension between the two neighboring countries related to their border fencing issues.
The Taliban tore down the border fence in several areas; they have prevented Pakistan Army from erecting the fence in other areas; there have been some clashes and incidents of cross-border exchange of fire, including artillery.
"We (Taliban) will not allow the fencing anytime, in any form. Whatever they (Pakistan) did before, they did, but we will not allow it anymore. There will be no fencing anymore," Mawllawi Sanaullah Sangin, commander of the Taliban group said on Wednesday, according to Tolo News.
The Taliban official made the comments in reaction to the Pakistan foreign minister's remarks who said that the issue of the Durand Line fencing would be discussed via diplomatic channels.
Afghanistan is building over 30 outposts to prevent the movement of the Pakistani military alongside the Durand Line, as per the Afghan media outlet.
"We have fenced the border (with Afghanistan), and it will continue," the Pakistan Foreign Minister had said.
Previously, the Taliban's local affiliates said that they have stopped the Pakistani military from erecting barbed-wire fences and outposts in Afghanistan's western Nimroz province, reported local media.
"The Pakistani military went up to 15 kilometers inside Afghanistan and wanted to build check posts, said eyewitnesses and residents of the bordering district," as per Khama Press.
This comes a week after the Taliban's provincial head of the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) destroyed the barbed wire of the Pakistani military in eastern Nangarhar province and warned them of repercussions in case they build fences on Afghan soil.
The Durand Line has been an issue that has sown distrust between Afghanistan and Pakistan since 1948 and is also a possible flashpoint between Pakistan and the Taliban (that now control Afghanistan).