Pakistan fortfies and closes border with Afghanistan

Pakistan Army has moved heavy artillery towards the Afghan border as part of its "enhanced security arrangements" in the border region, aimed at combating terrorism.After a string of terror attacks in the country, Pakistan Army has moved heavy artillery towards the Pak-Afghan border in Chaman and Torkham districts. The move came just two days after the military targeted the camps of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan's Jamatul Ahrar (JA) faction on the Torkham border opposite to Mohmand and Khyber agencies of the tribal areas. Pakistan alleges that the group, which claims to be behind the recent wave of terrorist attacks, has found "safe haven" in Afghanistan. More than 130 suspected terrorists have been killed and over 350 people, mostly Afghans, arrested in Pakistan as part of a nationwide crackdown by security forces following a string of suicide bombings in the country. Senior police officers were among 16 people killed when a Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up during a protest rally outside Pakistan's Punjab assembly in Lahore last Monday. On Wednesday, at least seven people were killed and several others, including judges, injured in two separate suicide attacks in Pakistan's restive northwest region. One of the deadliest suicide bombing in Pakistan in recent times struck Thursday night at the Lal Shahbaz Qalandar shrine in Sehwan area of southern Sindh province where at least 88 people were killed and over 200 injured in an attack claimed by the Islamic State - Khorasan chapter.