1,100km trench built alongside Pak-Afghan border in Balochistan

[Ahmet Pasha]

Yeah but the Trench near Balochistan is so flimsy almost a khadda.

The one in your WW 2 picture is deeper and wider.

This is for secured logistic through small trucks , away from enemy sniper or any other fire. But, it need to either cemented or boarded . Afghan army need something like this to cross
the trench ...

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[Asian.Century]

Army repulses Pakistan’s Durand Line fence bid
April 13, 2020

KABUL: Afghanistan’s military has pushed back a Pakistani forces’ bid to fence a portion of the Durand Line in Kandahar city outskirts and remain on the defensive mode, according to local authorities.

Security forces in Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province – sharing a porous border with Pakistan – have repelled Pakistani border troops who were attempting to fence the borderline with Afghanistan.

Kandahar gubernatorial spokesman, Bahir Ahmad Ahmadi, said Pakistan forces tried to force their way into Afghanistan early Sunday morning to install barbed wire along the zero point of the Durand Line along Spin Boldak. Security forces were quick enough to thwart the attempt, he said, adding that a delegation had travelled to the district to find a solution to the problem through dialogue.

Pakistan forces had – a few days earlier too – attempted to build border fence in Spin Boldak, according to a security source in Kandahar. He added that security forces were in a constant defensive position and a skirmish seemed imminent.

Spin Boldak residents have blasted at Pakistan’s unilateral decision to create a division between peoples between both sides of the gateways, touting it as against international norms.

Pakistani military officials insist that their fencing work along the Durand Line is aimed at improving border security. The issue of border fencing has remained highly contentious and Afghanistan has shown opposition to the plan. Moreover, Afghan and Pakistani security forces have engaged in firefight anytime Pakistani forces attempted a fencing operation.

Such incidents, which have claimed the lives of hundreds of border security personnel and others on both sides, have grown in frequency in recent years. Pakistan says the fence will check armed militants moving between the two countries. Afghanistan, which has not accepted the Durand Line as its border with Pakistan, disagrees. The controversial fence is adding tension to an already fraught bilateral relationship.

http://www.afghanistantimes.af/army-repulses-pakistans-durand-line-fence-bid/

 

[HAIDER]

Army repulses Pakistan’s Durand Line fence bid
April 13, 2020

KABUL: Afghanistan’s military has pushed back a Pakistani forces’ bid to fence a portion of the Durand Line in Kandahar city outskirts and remain on the defensive mode, according to local authorities.

Security forces in Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province – sharing a porous border with Pakistan – have repelled Pakistani border troops who were attempting to fence the borderline with Afghanistan.

Kandahar gubernatorial spokesman, Bahir Ahmad Ahmadi, said Pakistan forces tried to force their way into Afghanistan early Sunday morning to install barbed wire along the zero point of the Durand Line along Spin Boldak. Security forces were quick enough to thwart the attempt, he said, adding that a delegation had travelled to the district to find a solution to the problem through dialogue.

Pakistan forces had – a few days earlier too – attempted to build border fence in Spin Boldak, according to a security source in Kandahar. He added that security forces were in a constant defensive position and a skirmish seemed imminent.

Spin Boldak residents have blasted at Pakistan’s unilateral decision to create a division between peoples between both sides of the gateways, touting it as against international norms.

Pakistani military officials insist that their fencing work along the Durand Line is aimed at improving border security. The issue of border fencing has remained highly contentious and Afghanistan has shown opposition to the plan. Moreover, Afghan and Pakistani security forces have engaged in firefight anytime Pakistani forces attempted a fencing operation.

Such incidents, which have claimed the lives of hundreds of border security personnel and others on both sides, have grown in frequency in recent years. Pakistan says the fence will check armed militants moving between the two countries. Afghanistan, which has not accepted the Durand Line as its border with Pakistan, disagrees. The controversial fence is adding tension to an already fraught bilateral relationship.

http://www.afghanistantimes.af/army-repulses-pakistans-durand-line-fence-bid/

Wonder why PA pilot talk about urgency of attack helicopter.

 

[Ahmet Pasha]

Where's the video??

Wonder why PA pilot talk about urgency of attack helicopter.

 

[HAIDER]

Where's the video??

Here is interview

Pakistan looks set to turn to China for its attack helicopter replacement needs after US embargoes halted sales of rival Bell and Turkish Aerospace products.

Islamabad had in 2015 ordered 12 Bell AH-1Zs under the USA’s Foreign Military Sales process and then followed that in 2018 with a deal for 30 Turkish Aerospace T129s worth $1.5 billion.

Source: Shimin Gu/Wikimedia Commons

But the AH-1Z sale has been on hold since US President Donald Trump cut security funding to Pakistan, and export sanctions related to the US-built LHTEC T800 engines which power the T129 has led to the suspension of that contract.

This impasse, and a pressing need to retire its fleet of 48 Bell AH-1Fs, is now pushing Islamabad to consider alternatives, Major General Syed Najeeb Ahmed, commander, army aviation, told Defence IQ’s International Military Helicopter conference in London on 26 February.

“We are looking at other options. One of them is in China in the shape of the new attack helicopter they have created called the Z-10ME,” he says. “In case the first two options do not materialise this third option will be considered.”

Pakistan had previously evaluated an earlier version of the CAIC Z-10, but Ahmed says the latest iteration has improved weapons and systems.

Source: Turkish Aerospace

Ahmed is extremely doubtful that the AH-1Z deal can be resurrected, and although Turkish Aerospace is developing an indigenous replacement engine for the T129, he is not confident that this will be ready in time.

In fact, Pakistan has set a deadline of July this year for a final decision, Ahmed says.

The relative urgency is driven by India’s capability increases, as New Delhi grows its fleet of Boeing AH-64E Apaches.

“The Cobras are no match for the Apaches that the Indians are getting,” he says. “We definitely want to match that [capability].”
https://www.flightglobal.com/helico...ck-of-stalled-ah-1z-t129-deals/136944.article

 

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