700-km wall to stop terrorists from Pak?

Fri, 15 April 2011

16:40

Iran is building a concrete fence all along its 700-km long border with Pakistan to stop cross-border movements of terrorists, according to the country's defence minister.
The three feet thick and 10 feet high fence, built with concrete and fortified by steel rods, will span the impenetrable mountainous terrain in south eastern Iran, Brig Gen Ahmad Vahidi told IRNA news agency.
The fence would start from Taftan area to Mand in the Baloch majority Sistan province, which borders Pakistan'sBalochistan province.

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