The movement of people between Pakistan and Afghanistan via the Torkham border crossing was abruptly suspended on February 27 after differences between the security forces of Pakistan and Afghanistan over construction activities on both sides of the border.
"One BSF personnel sustained injuries in the firing from the Pakistan side. Troops are on high alert," stated the BSF, which guards the India-Pakistan border.
Authorities in the Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, which lies close to the Line of Control (LoC), have prepared a contingency plan to shift polling officials and voters in the event cross-border firing on the polling day.
The Border Security Force (BSF) has lodged a protest with Pakistan Rangers over unprovoked cross-border firing at a forward post in Arnia sector along the Indo-Pak border, in which a BSF jawan and a woman were injured, officials said on Saturday.
The various tools employed by Pakistan include frequent cross-border firings, violation of Afghan airspace through drones, economic blockade, and disputing Afghanistan's sovereignty by issuing National Identity Card (NIC) cards to Afghans in border areas.
Islamabad [Pakistan], April 23 (ANI): Amid the continuing tension along the Durand Line between the Pakistani troops and the Talibani forces, Pakistan on Saturday claimed that three of its soldiers were killed in the country's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province after a cross-border attack from Afgh
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 7 (ANI): Afghanistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to stage strong protests against the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul over the incidents of cross-border firing and artillery shelling across the Durand Line.
New Delhi, [India], August 3 (ANI): There are incidents of 664 ceasefire violations and cross border firing in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistan till June end this year, the Union Home Ministry informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 26 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has expressed concern about the recent cross-border firing incidents along the Afghan Border area, the Pakistan military's media wing said on Tuesday.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 23 (ANI): A Pakistani soldier was killed near the Afghan border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province's North Waziristan district, the Pakistan military's media wing said on Saturday.
Poonch (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], March 24 (ANI): Indian Army, in collaboration with Delhi-based NGO Kiwanis Club of New Delhi (KCND), on Tuesday organised an artificial limbs measurement camp here in Poonch for people who lost their hands or legs in mine blasts and cross-border firing.