Most Dangerous Borders in The World

Borders between neighboring countries are dangerous due of historical rivalries, economic imbalances, and disagreements. Here are some Most Dangerous Borders In The World.

Borders between nations may be significantly more difficult to define than a line on a map. There are countries with long borders, countries with many borders, countries with only one border, and even two countries that are doubly landlocked. The nations listed below are known to have turbulent and hazardous borders, and in some circumstances, are inaccessible.

11. Iraq/Iran

10. Pakistan/Afghanistan

The Durand Line, which divides Pakistan and Afghanistan, is 1,510 kilometers long. For many years, the line has been contested, most notably by the Taliban and, later, the Afghan presidency in 2001. In 2003, military soldiers from both sides engaged in brutal fighting there, and four years later, Pakistan began creating fence lines to keep Taliban rebels out. The absence of government control poses a concern here, with persons carrying firearms on both sides, and this area has witnessed illicit smuggling, homicides, and kidnappings. A crucial highway connecting the two countries was recently blocked due to a disagreement over a Pakistani-built gate. The conflict resulted in cross-border gunfire that killed three people and injured 24 others.

9. China/North Korea

China and North Korea are separated by the Paektu mountains and two rivers, the Tumen and Yalu. The border area is insecure and sees a high volume of people from North Korea. In the last decade, both countries have begun to construct walls and barriers. Territorial conflicts have arisen since the start of Kim Jong-Il’s rule, particularly with the influx of North Korean immigrants in China. There have also been reports of North Korean soldiers crossing the border to steal food and money since low-level officials are only given meager meal rations. Following reports that Pyongyang was planning nuclear tests, China sent around 2,000 soldiers to the border in April 2016. According to China, three Chinese citizens were killed at the border, and investigations are continuing.

8. Colombia/Ecuador

Colombia-Ecuador disputes have escalated in recent years as a result of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (the People’s Army or FARC), a Colombian rebel movement. In an attempt to combat the group, the Colombian government has frequently deployed military personnel into Ecuadorian territory. FARC terrorists have taken a border territory and are a particularly brutal band that employs mortars and explosives to drive hundreds of indigenous people from tribal lands. This gang has killed almost 200,000 people in the previous fifty years. Murder rates in border areas have lately reached 96 per 100,000 people. The Colombian government has accused Ecuador of harboring terrorists because the Ecuadorian president said that Colombian troops had no clearance to enter the border. Ecuador has since increased efforts to remove FARC.

7. Niger/Chad

The Boko Haram insurgency, one of the world’s deadliest terror groups, might be based near the Niger-Chad border. To confront this organization, Chad has sent 2,000 troops to the Niger border town of Bosso. Because of the violence, around 17,000 people have evacuated this community. 32 troops (30 from Chad and 2 from Niger) and 55 terrorists have perished since the military arrived. These two countries have been cooperating militarily since the beginning of 2015.

6. Yemen/Saudi Arabia

There has been a lot of fighting along Yemen’s 1,100-mile border with Saudi Arabia. Both countries have been at conflict with one another for the past 65 years. Saudi Arabia has seen an upsurge of smuggled weapons, Al Qaeda terrorists, and economic migrants (from Ethiopia, Yemen, and Somalia), causing the government to build a wall. Yemen is opposed to the barrier, alleging that it infringes on shepherds’ grazing rights. Since March 2015, the two nations have been at odds. An estimated 6,000 civilians and military personnel have been killed since the beginning of the war. In a single day, 15 rockets and 130 mortars are shot into Saudi Arabia.

5. Bangladesh/India

Bangladesh and India share one of the world’s longest borders, at 2,545 miles. The border is ambiguous and convoluted, with Indian property occasionally surrounded by Bangladeshi land within Indian territory! It’s a common route for both smuggled goods from India to Bangladesh and illegal immigrants from Bangladesh to India. Due of the high levels of immigration, Indian Border Security Forces have a shoot-on-sight policy. Although “illegal crossings” are frequently the result of erroneous border lines and an attempt to gain access to independent Bangladeshi territory. This kill-on-sight policy resulted in about 1,000 fatalities between 2000 and 2010.

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4. Meixco/US

The Mexico-US border stretches 1,989 miles from California to Texas and has the most legal border crossings in the world. It passes through both thickly inhabited and less populated areas. The 20,000 border patrol agents are clustered around large towns, leaving the desert practically unattended. This forces the 500,000 people who try to cross the border illegally into the desert, where hundreds die each year. The zone is particularly dangerous in the El Paso-Juarez sector, which is notorious for drug traffickers smuggling drugs, guns, and people across the border. Hundreds of individuals have died as a consequence of brutal conflicts between police and gangs in this area. The violence has expanded to the USA.

3. Israel/Syria

The Israeli-Syrian border dispute has a long history. In the early 1920s, Britain redrawn the boundaries, giving Syria to France. The Golan Heights were finally included. This has been a contentious area for almost a century. The two countries have clashed several times, each time capturing control of a different piece of land. The border is turning into a live conflict, with bullets from both sides. There has been a dramatic upsurge in violence since the commencement of the Syrian Civil War.

2. India/Pakistan

The India-Pakistan border is 1,800 kilometers long and traverses extremely dangerous terrain. It is the only border visible from space because to the high voltage flood lights on the Indian side. Since the 1947 split, which killed hundreds of thousands of people, the nations have fought three more wars and spent at least 25 years battling for Kashmir territory and a Himalayan glacier. The overall death toll has topped 50,000.

1. South Korea/North Korea

North and South Korea are separated by 160 kilometers by the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Both sides’ forces have heavily fortified this position, using barbed wire and active landmines. The end of the Korean War did not end hostilities between the two nations; they have been at enmity for more than 60 years and do not recognize each other’s sovereign existence. Hundreds of people, including American citizens, have died as a result of the harsh conditions. The DMZ was designed as a sort of buffer zone to keep the nations and their respective military forces apart. Anyone who breaches the line is going to be shot.