RAWALPINDI: Director-General Inter-Services Public Relation Major General Asif Ghafoor said on Thursday that there are no terrorist safe havens in Pakistan. 

"There are no organised bases of any terrorist organisations in the country anymore."

"More than 50 per cent of Afghan territory is out of their control, which is also affecting Pakistan."

Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor accepted that there are threats to Pakistan's borders, but added that the important question to ask is if the threat is by state or non-state actors. 

He added that Afghanistan has been at war for four decades and after 9/11 the war entered Pakistan. 

Ghafoor said that the western border is being fenced while forts and posts have been built. 

"The border will be further strengthened in the coming years," said DG ISPR.

He explained that some of the troops deployed on the western border, which number around 200,000, have been rotated back to cantonments as the situation has improved significantly on the Pakistani side of the border. 

"The border also extends to Iran and we are also improving border security there." 

He stated that security operations conducted in the border regions are not against the people, state or the armed forces of Iran or Afghanistan, but are against non-state actors. 

"Our border also meets Iran. It is important to mention that our deployment is not against Iran or Afghanistan but against non-state actors."

Referring to the eastern border with India, Maj Gen Ghafoor said the border is "unsafe because of India's inappropriate reactions".

Referring to the increasing number of ceasefire violations by Indian forces, Ghafoor said the current year has witnessed the highest number of violations when compared to previous years. 

He added India has paid a price for firing incidents and will continue to do so if India does not act with restraint.

"Threats from India are perpetual. We are a peaceful country and we do not want war with them, but we will defend ourselves and have the capability to do so."