Editing Durand Line (section)

===Trench being built alongside the border===
In June 2016, Pakistan announced that it had completed 1,100&nbsp;km of trenches along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border (Durand Line) in [[Balochistan, Pakistan|Balochistan]] to check movement of terrorists and smugglers across border into Pakistan from Afghanistan.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Butt|first1=Qaiser|title=1,100km trench built alongside Pak-Afghan border in Balochistan|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1126353/1100km-trench-built-alongside-pak-afghan-border-balochistan/|access-date=9 September 2017|work=[[Express Tribune]]|date=20 June 2016|archive-date=9 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909234212/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1126353/1100km-trench-built-alongside-pak-afghan-border-balochistan/|url-status=live}}</ref> Plans to expand this trench/ berm/ fence work were announced in March 2017.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Gul|first1=Ayaz|title=Pakistan Begins Fencing of Afghan Border|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-fencing-off-afghanistan-border/3781631.html|access-date=25 March 2017|publisher=[[Voice of America]]|date=25 March 2017|archive-date=25 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325164043/http://www.voanews.com/a/pakistan-fencing-off-afghanistan-border/3781631.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The plans also included building 338 checkpoints and forts along the border by 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1327567|title=Former TTP spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan has turned himself in: Pak Army|date=17 April 2017|website=Dawn|access-date=23 October 2017|archive-date=3 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903184930/https://www.dawn.com/news/1327567|url-status=live}}</ref>