Pakistani authorities have sealed their border with neighboring Afghanistan, after reports suggesting that the Taliban militants are fleeing into country's tribal areas.
"Border security forces in Killa Saifullah of south western Balochsitan province have sealed the Pak-Afghan border in order to halt illegal entry of people into Pakistan from Afghanistan," an interior ministry official told Press TV correspondent in Islamabad on Monday.
The official said the border was sealed amid allegations that the Taliban leaders travel across borders to find shelter in Pakistan's tribal areas.
Frontier Corps troops have been deployed near the Pak-Afghan border. The travelers have been required to show legal travel documents, including passports and visas to enter Pakistan from neighboring Afghanistan.
In 2007, Pakistan fenced a part of its 2,500-kilometer-long border with Afghanistan to prevent incursions by militants. However, Afghanistan has opposed fencing the border because of a long-standing territorial dispute with Pakistan. |