Tehran : Iran is constructing a long fence along its borders with Pakistan as part of a broader strategy to block entry of drug-traffickers and terrorists into the country, Fars News Agency FNA reported on Friday.
Iran is on a crossroad of international drug transit route linking the world drug hub, Afghanistan, toPersian Gulf and European countries. Iran spends billions of dollars and lost thousands of its police in war against traffickers, terrorists, report said. Strategies include digging canals, building barriers and installing barbed wire to seal borders of Iran.
Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said his country is rapidly constructing a fence on its border with Pakistan. "Barrier and road construction along the border [with Pakistan] is being carried out in impenetrable mountainous terrain [in southeastern Iran] with precision and quality." He said border barrier would prevent villains from crossing into Iran.
