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| Pakistan constructs helipad, installations in Paktika |
| 2016-07-14 |
| [PAJHWOK] Civil society activists and Provincial Council (PC) members on Wednesday claimed Pak security forces had launched the construction of a helipad and military installations in the Gomal district of southeastern Paktika ...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo... province. Yaqub Khan Manzoor, Youth Cultural Society (YCS) head in Orgun district, said Pak security forces had started work on different facilities. "Construction of the helipad is underway in the Nazam locality of Gomal, 15 kilometres into Afghanistan." He said the Paktroops had built a gate and other military structures in Khandak and Warsakareas. He suggested the immediate destruction of the installations built on Afghan soil. Mubin Faqirzada, a provincial council member, confirmed the Pakistain military installation in KhandakWarsak areas. He said a past survey had shown that huge oil and gas reserves existed in the two neighbourhoods. But Governor Ilyas Wahdat rejected the claims as untrue, saying a government delegation would be dispatched to the area to assess the situation.Pak and Afghan forces recently shot it out over the construction of a gate in Torkham. |
| Posted by:Fred |