KABUL, 9 Jan 2007 (IRIN) - The United Nations has rejected Pakistan’s decision to fence and mine the border with Afghanistan to prevent cross-border militancy.

The UN’s call follows a similar rejection by the Afghan government of the Pakistani plan to plant landmines and build a fence in ‘selected places’ along its 2,400 km border with Afghanistan.

“We regret the decision of the government of Pakistan to proceed with the laying of landmines and we call upon both governments to strengthen their commitment to cooperative solutions to the security problems that this region faces,” Chris Alexander, Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Afghanistan, said on Monday in the capital, Kabul.

Alexander said fencing would not help security in Afghanistan.

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