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Summary Pakistan Army has been deployed in Chitral and Dir along Afghan border for the first time ever.
Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Athar Abbas said Tuesday that concrete steps are being taken to counter terror attacks from the Afghanistan side.He said that for the first time Pakistan Army has been deployed with FC men along the Afghan border, in Chitral and Dir, to combat attacks on Pakistani territory by terrorists from the Afghanistan side.The DG ISPR added that steps were also taken to strengthen check posts along the border.Several organised attacks have been carried out by militants from Afghanistan on the check posts in Dir and Chitral in the last couple of months and Pakistan has formally warned Kabul to take appropriate measures.
