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Pak Army moves heavy artillery at border to ‘shock’ Afghanistan
2 hours ago BY Monitoring Report
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TORKHAM: The Pakistan Army Monday tightened security at Pak-Afghan border and brought heavy artillery at border to shock Afghanistan, reported a private TV channel.

The step has been taken to check cross-border infiltration. The development comes after various suicide attacks rocked Pakistan in last week and handlers of these attacks originated from Afghanistan.

Earlier, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) jets killed dozens of militants in a series of airstrikes in a tribal region along the Afghan border.



Pak Army said it had information that terrorists from across the border were behind Thursday’s suicide bombing at the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar Sufi shrine in southern Sindh. Hours after the bombing, Pakistani security forces launched a nationwide operation killing more than 100 terrorists.

The army on Friday summoned Afghan diplomats and handed them a list of 76 militants who, they say, were supporting terror activities in Pakistan.

The Pakistan army reportedly targeted a training camp of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar — the banned terror group which had claimed responsibility for the February 13 suicide bombing on Mall Road in Lahore and another suicide attack on the headquarters of the Mohmand Agency’s political administration on February 15. Some reports said several militants, including the deputy commander of Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, Adil Bacha, were killed in the strikes.

Pak-Afghan border also remains closed since Friday night due to security reasons
 
Heavy artillery moved towards Pak-Afghan border, security sources say
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Published: February 20, 2017
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Photo shows military shelling on terror hideouts inside Afghanistan. PHOTO: EXPRESS

PESHAWAR: Pakistan Army has moved heavy artillery towards the Pak-Afghan border in Chaman and Torkham districts, security officials said on Monday.

The move came just two days after the military decimated camps of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) Jamaatul Ahrar (JA) faction on the Torkham border opposite Mohmand and Khyber tribal regions. The group, which claims to be behind the recent wave of terrorist attacks, has found safe haven in Afghanistan, according to the Pakistani security establishment.

Security sources said their forces have resolved to restrict illegal border movement and any attempt to breach border security will be responded to with full force. Security forces have stepped up patrolling in the areas along the Afghan border, while security has been put on high alert in North and South Waziristan agencies.

Army decimates four Jamaatul Ahrar camps

The stringent border checks were implemented after a week of deadly attacks by terrorists left dozens of people dead and injured in different cities of Pakistan, prompting a pledge of ‘revenge — immediate revenge’ from Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa. Security forces have also indefinitely closed the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.
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...... a bit of late to my liking should have been done few years go.....Was long over due.... lets tight the screw's
 
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Moving arty to the border indicates to me a ground incursion is in the works of at least they want Afghans to think it is. Medium guns have a range of 30+ km no need to move them forward unless they are planning to use them in fire support.
 
which caliber is considered heavy.
what is medium and what is light.
can anybody define plz
 
which caliber is considered heavy.
what is medium and what is light.
can anybody define plz
155 MM is mainly considered heavy and also 152 MM. 105 MM is considered light and also 120 MM.
 
MBRLs moved.... start smoking chars now to enjoy fireworks...

I have never heard before pak moving heavy weapons to afghan border...
 
Pakistan Army should move at least 10 units of SH-1 Howitzer ( Range 50-55 Km ) Range is good and also easy to transport .
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And do we have these to move them there ??
 

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