Pakistan will fence and land mine parts of its border with Afghanistan to prevent cross-border militancy, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Afghanistan quickly rejected the plan. Pakistan will also deploy tribal lashkars additional paramilitary troops at the frontier, Foreign Secretary Riaz Mohammed Khan told a news conference. "Rather than beating around the bush, we must confront terrorists in a real manner," said Khaleeq Ahmed, a spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai. "Fencing or mining the border is neither helpful or practical. That's why we are against it. The border is not where the problem lies."
Not protecting the borders? Bush would be proud. Maybe someone else can figure this out.
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