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Border tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan rose after the Taliban takeover of Kabul in August 2021. The Taliban denied harboring anti-Pakistan militants in Afghanistan, but they were infuriated by Pakistan's erection of a barbed barrier along their 2,670 km (1,660 mi) border, known as the Durand Line, which was demarcated by the British in 1893 and divided the homeland of ethnic Pashtuns ...
Khost lies on a plateau not below 1,000 metres (3,300 ft) in elevation that extends to the east for about 40 kilometres (25 mi) until the Pakistan border. Thirty kilometres, to the north the peaks rise up to 2,500 to 3,000 metres (8,200 to 9,800 ft) while farther south 20 kilometres (12 mi) away from the border, the average is around 1,800 m.
The Afghan government claim that Pakistan killed five women and three children. [24] Pakistan denies this, claiming that it killed terrorists instead while targeting the Hafiz Gul Bahadur militant group, a splinter organization of the Pakistani Taliban, and that it had successfully killed Sehra alias Janan, a high-value target commander ...
At the 1956 SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization) Ministerial Council Meeting held at Karachi, capital of Pakistan at the time, it was stated:The members of the Council declared that their governments recognised that the sovereignty of Pakistan extends up to the Durand Line, the international boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and it was consequently affirmed that the Treaty area ...
The Khunjerab Pass is the only modern-day border crossing between China and Pakistan which can be accessed via the Karakoram Highway. The actual immigration of the respective countries is cleared in Sost, Pakistan and Tashkurgan, China , around 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the Khunjerab Pass .
Khost (Pashto/Dari: خوست) is one of the 34 provinces of Afghanistan located in the southeastern part of the country. Khost consists of thirteen districts and the city of Khost serves as the capital of the province. Historically, Khost used to be a part of Paktia and a larger region surrounding Khost is still referred to as Loya Paktia.
Khost is a town and union council of Harnai District in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. [1] It is located at 30°13'24N 67°34'38E and has an altitude of 1229m (4035ft). [ 2 ]
Gharghasht TV (Pashto: غرغښت) is a Pashto language private television station based in Khost, Afghanistan. [2] It was officially first broadcast on October 23, 2010. The channel can also be viewed across the border in North Waziristan , Pakistan .