QUETTA: Frontier Corps Inspector General Maj Gen Nadeem Anjum held a meeting with tribal elders and representatives of the business community in Chaman on Tuesday.

He also went to the positions of the forces deployed on the border with Afghan­is­­­tan after the recent wave of terrorist attacks across the country.

Speaking to the elders and traders, he said the enemy should not underestimate the capability of the forces to defend the motherland.

The Chaman FC commandant briefed him about the situation in the area, especially with reference to the sealing of the border.

The Friendship Gate on the border has been kept closed for the past five days and hundreds of trucks and other vehicles carrying Nato supplies for United States troops stationed in Afghanistan and transit trade goods are stranded.

Maj Gen Anjum also visited the gate and met senior officers of the force.

He said the border would remain closed for an indefinite period.

The tribal elders and representatives of traders also briefed the FC official about the situation created by the closure of the Afghan border.

Published in Dawn, February 22nd, 2017

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