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Bid foiled to smuggle arms into Pakistan
[DAWN] Law enforcement agencies claim to have foiled a bid to smuggle a large cache of arms and ammunition from Afghanistan to Pakistain. The weapons shipment was intended for a banned holy warrior organization but the law enforcers managed to botch the delivery in the border area of Noshki district after a heavy exchange of fire.

Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti disclosed this at a presser, where he was accompanied by Deputy Inspector General of Frontier Corps
...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and anti-smuggling operations....
(FC) Brigadier Tahir Mehmood and Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
Government Spokesman Anwar-Ul-Haq Kakar, here on Friday.

"The consignment was sent by the Indian spy agency, RAW, for the banned Baloch Liberation Army," he said, adding that it was being smuggled into Balochistan for carrying out subversive activities.

He said that the Afghan spy agency, National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
, was also helping RAW against Pakistain.

The home minister said that on receiving a tip-off regarding the weapons delivery, FC and intelligence agency personnel had set up a check post in the area. When the vehicle approached the check post, the FC personnel tried to flank it down, but the suspects raced away, leading to a long chase.

"Security forces chased the vehicle for around 35kms towards the Afghan border before they managed to seize the consignment after a heavy exchange of fire," the home minister said, adding that the suspects managed to escape into Afghan territory. "The suspects were either killed or injured in the exchange of fire as blood spots were discovered in the area," he said.

Mr Bugti said that RAW was using Afghan soil to carry out subversive activities in Balochistan. "Afghan soil is being used against Pakistain," he said, adding that the Pakistain government had taken up the issue with its Afghan counterpart on numerous occasions but to no avail.
Posted by: Fred 2016-04-17
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