Building A Wall

For John, BLUF:  Didn't anyone check first with Speaker Pelosi?  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Will Pakistan's Wall Work?

Here is the sub-headline:

Pakistan is building a wall along its border with Afghanistan. Will it actually make the country safer?

From The Diplomat! By Mr Muhammad Akbar Notezai, 19 January 2019.

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Bramcha (sometimes spelled Bramacha) is a tiny town in Pakistan’s far western Balochistan province, situated in a corner of the province’s Chaghi district on the border with Afghanistan.  There used to be an extension of the same town on the Afghan side of the border, too.  After the United States’ invasion of Afghanistan, the Afghan side of the town was wiped from the map due to bombing campaigns – the town not only housed the Afghan Taliban but also drug traffickers.  Some called Afghan Bramcha the epicenter of drug trafficking, and it’s not hard to see why.  Even today, Bramcha is situated in one of the remotest and most lawless corners of the world.

Over the years, Pakistani authorities have grown increasingly concerned about the security situation on its borders with both Afghanistan and Iran.  The border with Afghanistan, in particular, has been loosely governed and porous from day one.  This is why Pakistani authorities have now commenced fencing its border with Afghanistan, in a bid to stop militants and drug traffickers from pouring into Pakistan.

This development is opposed by not only Afghan authorities but also by the Afghan Taliban.  In recent months, when Pakistani security forces were stationed in Bramcha to fence off the border with Afghanistan, the Afghan Taliban blocked the effort in some areas.

I wonder how this will work out?

Regards  —  Cliff