Pakistan Army Grants Refuge, Safe Passage To 46 Afghan Soldiers, Border Police
Fida Hussnain (@fidahassanain) Published July 26, 2021 | 01:23 PM
The ISPR says a local ANA commander opposite Arundu, Chitral, had requested help for the 46 soldiers — including five officers — as “they were unable to hold their military posts along [the] Pak-Afghan International Border due to [the] evolving security situation in Afghanistan,”.
RAWALPINDI: (UrduPoint/UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News-July 26th, 2021) Pakistan Army granted refuge and safe passage to 46 soldiers of Afghan National Army (ANA) and Border police, Inter-Services Public Relation said on Monday.
In a statement, the Pakistan Army’s media wing said that a local ANA commander opposite Arundu, Chitral, had requested help for the 46 soldiers — including five officers — as “they were unable to hold their military posts along [the] Pak-Afghan International Border due to [the] evolving security situation in Afghanistan,”.
The Pakistan Army contacted Afghan authorities for the relevant information and necessary formalities, the statement added.
“These Afghan soldiers arrived at Arundu sector, Chitral late last night. After contact with Afghan authorities and necessary military procedures, 46 soldiers including five officers have been given refuge [and] safe passage into Pakistan.
“Afghan soldiers have been provided food, shelter and necessary medical care as per established military norms,” the ISPR statement said.
It said that the soldiers and officers would be returned to the Afghan government in a "dignified manner after due process".
The ISPR said that 35 Afghan soldiers who had asked for refuge on July 1 had also been "given safe passage into Pakistan and handed over to Afghan govt authorities after due procedure".
Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed had said earlier that Pakistan moved the Frontier Constabulary, Levies Force and other militias from the front line positions along the Pak-Afghan border as the army has started to man those positions.
“Now regular army troops are manning the border after replacing the paramilitary forces,” the minister said, adding the decision had been made in wake of the volatile situation across the border. "The current volatile situation (in Afghanistan) demands that regular military troops be deployed along the border," he had said.
Earlier this month, over 1,000 Afghan security personnel fled across the border into Tajikistan following Taliban advances in northern Afghanistan. The Taliban had taken over six key districts in the northern province of Badakshan, which borders both Tajikistan and China, following which 1,037 Afghan servicemen fled across the border with Tajikistan's permission.
Insecurity was growing in Afghanistan in recent weeks as US-led foreign troops complete their withdrawal and the Taliban launch major offensives, taking districts and border crossings.
The Taliban and Afghan government officials met for talks in Qatari capital Doha on July 17. The meeting ended with promises of more talks, as well as greater attention to the protection of civilians and infrastructure.
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