Pakistan to withdraw troops from Afghan border

Pakistan has announced it is to withdraw its soldiers from the Afghan border so they can be re-deployed along the eastern frontier with India.

Pakistan to withdraw troops from Afghan border

Pakistan has announced it is to withdraw its soldiers from the Afghan border so they can be re-deployed along the eastern frontier with India.

Officials in Islamabad said the country needs to move the troops because of India’s military build-up in Kashmir, a Muslim province that both Pakistan and India claim as their territory.

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