Afghan police demand weapons amid tension with Pakistan

Afghan police demand weapons amid tension with Pakistan: 

"The commander of border police in Goshta district in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, Bakht Jamal Eshaaqzai, said his 250-strong forces were armed with mortars and machine guns, but that it would be difficult to match Pakistan’s heavy artillery and tanks, visible on the other side of the border.
Eshaaqzai says Pakistan had 12 manned outposts in Goshta, while Afghanistan had three. “We are under threat from their superior equipment. We urge the government to send us more as soon as possible,” he told reporters and members of Kabul-based think tank Afghan Analysis Awareness, who drove from the capital to Goshta on Wednesday. Shahzada, who only goes by one name, is one of hundreds of border police who have taken up positions over the last two days in Goshta."