Security tightened at borders with Afghanistan

Amid deteriorating law and order situation, the security has been intensified at Pak-Afghan sharing border to stop movement to terrorists. Pakistan Army has readied a major operation against the terrorists as a large supply of arms and ammunition including artillery has been shifted to the Pak-Afghan border area on Monday.
According to the security sources, heavy artillery guns and other military equipment were moved forward to Afghanistan's border to counter terrorists that pose a serious threat to Pakistan. Pak Army also tightened security at Pak-Afghan border to strictly monitor terrorists' movement
Sources said that security forces have increased vigilance at the border and deployed extra contingents of security forces along the border to stop the illegal infiltration of terrorists from Afghanistan. Meantime, the number of security check posts in border area has been increased. Pakistan Air Force also will take part in the operation side by side with Pakistan Army. All entry points have already been plugged at Pak-Afghan border.
Pak-Afghan border has also been closed since Friday night due to security reasons.
Pak Army said it had information that terrorists from across the border were behind Thursday's suicide blast at Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sindh. Pakistan army pounded militants' hideout inside Afghanistan last week and killed several militants affiliated with Jamaatul Ahrar. Reports received from the area indicated that the Pakistani troops successfully targeted the hideouts of Jamaatul Ahrar across the border and inflicted huge casualties on them.
Official sources said heavy weapons and mortar shells were used to destroy the Jamaatul Ahrar fighters' sanctuaries in Rena Parchao. The sources said that some of the hideouts of militants in Mohmand Agency adjacent to Khyber Agency were also targeted. The border crossing at Torkham and Ghulam Khan were kept closed and curfew was imposed near the border. More than 500 shops and private offices also remained closed.
Earlier, Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossings at Torkham and Chaman have been closed for all sorts of traffic. The border points have been closed to stop entry of terrorists from Afghanistan. Several banned terrorist organisations, including Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Jamaat-ul-Ahrar are based in Afghanistan, and they have been carrying subversive activities in Pakistan from there, informed the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). Security forces have increased, patrolling, surveillance and checking on check-posts along the Pak-Afghan border.