By Agha Iqrar Haroon Tightening the grip on northern Afghanistan, Taliban have opened a 121-kilometer gravel road through the isolated Wakhan Corridor in Badakhshan province that now connects Afghan road network with China Zero Point. Completed in two years and funded domestically with 365 million Afghanis, the route includes four bridges, 66 culverts, and retaining walls, aiming to extend the ring road network for better regional trade links to China, Iran, and Central Asia. The road is strategically important not for Afghanistan only but for Turkmenistan, Iran and Uzbekistan as well for a direct link through Afghanistan to China. The road is much easier to drive than the zigzag KKH link of China to Pakistan. Babusar Pass link to KKH has already been rejected by long-vehicle drivers due to its extreme turns and steepness, while Havalian to Chilas Zero Point KKH is still under heavy remodelling and redesigning due to Dasu Dam construction. Chilas, being a turbulent point for security reasons, is still on the…

Monitoring Desk: Based on credible intelligence, selective targeting of terrorist camps and hideouts at two locations in Afghanistan, Pakistan conducted air strikes with precision and accuracy and killed several BLA top terrorists including Shirwan Baloch, Huzaifa Baloch, Farooq Baloch and Hazrat Baloch. According to security sources Pakistan’s precision air strikes at a compound in Safar village Garmser district in Helmand belonging to Mula Nader – a Taliban commander serving in Taliban Border Force in Nimroz where Shirwan Baloch, Huzaifa Baloch, Farooq Baloch and Hazrat Baloch were living and running terrorism training camp. Security forces confirmed that strikes were conducted after thorough deliberations and confirmation that the infrastructure was supporting the BLA’s terrorist and propaganda operations on Afghan soil. The sources said that it very common for the terrorists to live amidst families using the kids and women as human shields. Meanwhile, Ministry of Information government of Pakistan through…