KABUL – Residents of Zazai Maidan district in south-east Khost province on Sunday told TOLOnews that Pakistani forces have been establishing check-posts in parts of the district.
TOLOnews journalist Tamim Hamid, who visited the district recently, spoke to the locals about the issues around the check points established by the Pakistani army.
The locals said Pakistani forces have even planted mines in parts of villages and that they cannot go to these areas.
A local man, Shir Ahmad, 70, living in a border village called Bandrogha said in recent months they fought many times with Pakistani border forces over the establishment of check points in Afghanistan.
“They have established new check posts on hilltops. Most of these check posts did not exist in the past,” said Shir Ahmad.
About 200 families live in Bandrogha village and before this they got their water and produce from areas near the Afghanistan-Pakistani border, but after Pakistani border forces planted mines in those areas, they cannot go there, residents claimed.