Kandahar Police Chief General Abdul Razeq said on Sunday that he had ordered his border police forces to respond with force to militant attacks emanating form across the border in Pakistan.

General Razeq comments came as he visited the border check posts of Shurabak district on Sunday. In a move that could aggravate tensions between Kabul and Islamabad at a time both governments have trumpeted a new chapter in cooperation, Razeq said that the border forces have already begun to attack terrorists on the other side of the border.

"Our enemies fire on us 100 meters away from Pakistani forces, which is clear evidence, and our goal is also to eliminate them," Razeq said. He is one of many high-ranking leaders of the Afghan security forces who have held no punches in condemning the support the Pakistani intelligence service and military have provided the Taliban fighting in Afghanistan.

Yet it is unclear the level of support Razeq has for his tit-for-tat, cross-border strategy among security elite in Kabul. "I want the Ministry of Interior to solve this issue with the Pakistanis, so it's not repeated," Razeq said on Sunday. "If these kinds of attacks continue, I have ordered all security forces that where ever they are fired at from, they can fire in return; it is not important whether it's from inside Afghanistan or outside Afghanistan."

The border region shared between Afghanistan and Pakistan is considered the hotbed of insurgency in the region and the sanctuary of the Taliban. The lack of military and security force presence along the mountainous border has long made it easy for militants and terrorists to cross back and forth, evading authorities.

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