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Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to avoid escalation

Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to avoid escalation
May 18, 2017

RAWALPINDI (92 News) – A meeting of the one star border flag was held between representatives of Pakistan and Afghanistan at Friendship Gate Chaman on Thursday.

In a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Pakistan and Afghanistan agreed to avoid escalation during the meeting.

The Pakistani delegation was led by DIG Frontier Corps Balochistan while the Afghan delegation was headed by a Brigadier rank officer of the Afghan Border Police.

The Pakistani delegation informed the Afghan side that Pakistani troops are deployed along the international border on its own side and they shall remain there.

Afghan delegation asked move out of Pak troops presently deployed along International Border in Kill Jahangir & Kill Luqman before proceeding for census.