A Pakistan foreign ministry statement said that the two countries had decided to implement a 'temporary truce' for 48 hours starting 1300 GMT Wednesday.
Pakistani officials blamed the Taliban for the clashes & said 4 civilians were wounded on their side of the border. The Taliban denies the presence of Pakistani militants in Afghanistan.
The chief minister said the MoU would allow governance to ‘shine’ in ‘once grey areas’ and many disputed areas have been earmarked for erecting boundary pillars.
The move comes after the formation of a new government last year, with Fadnavis as the CM. The border issue dates back to 1957 after the reorganisation of states on linguistic lines.
Major General Mohammad Ashrafuzzaman Siddiqui, who was in India for border talks with the BSF, also said the law & order situation in the country was a 'political' problem.
Bangladesh has objected to BSF's attempts to fence five points along border with India. Indian envoy to Dhaka, Pranay Verma, met Bangladesh’s foreign secretary in Dhaka Sunday.
The 2 countries struck a deal earlier this week on patrolling the frontier, which then paved the way for 1st formal talks in 5 years between Modi and Xi on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Russia.
The US House has effectively drawn a line in the sand and approved the release of the Epstein files despite President Trump's efforts to stop it from happening.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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