Friday, March 02, 2007
Good fences make good neighbours: Iran http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\03\02\story_2-3-2007_pg1_4
TAFTAN: Iran has started building a 700 kilometre-long concrete wall along its border with Pakistan. Pakisatn's neighbour to the west has also increased patrols along the border with Pakistan and has stepped up checks on pilgrims crossing the international border.
In addition, the border's zero point had not been opened for 17 hours causing a severe shortage of food and other essential items in the colonies alongside the border.
This stringent security comes in the wake of a bomb blast in Zahidan on February 17, which killed thirteen people, including nine Iranian Revolutionary Guard officials, and another incident in which four people were killed, and two kidnapped from along the Pak-Iran border. The construction of the 3-foot thick and 10-foot high wall entails the use of extra strength steel rods. online
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