No one in AFG can seriously accept durrand line imposed by British. This will be a very long term issue whatever goes on.
Tell me one border imposed by British on India, Pakistan, China etc are accepted by all sides? That border the British gave you on the Himalayas is presently contested by your and Chinese Army.
Durand Line is in the same vein as McMahon Line and the rest. At present 97% of the border has been fenced. The remaining 3% is cause of many issues.
- 1. The exact points on the ground are contested between Pak and Afgh.
- 2. The locations pose severe physical problems because of geography.
- 3. The locations are smugglers routes blocking off would cripple the living of the locals in the areas.
At present work continues on the finishing the difficult 3%. There have been problems informed by one or more of the list above. The pictures are mis-representing the events on the ground. If one looks at the pictures it's obvious the barbed wire is nicely reeled up and not what you would expect barbed wire to look after it has been torn out from it's fixings.
Apparantly as work was going on locals raided the stocks left at the site in protest at the work going on. The cable now has been returned after coordination up the chain of command.
Twenty years of toxic Indian propaganda and a ecosystem built up by the American invaders [using 100s of billion dollars] which was critical of Pakistan and nourished it's agenda won;t be fumigated in a few months.
What matters is the Afghan state is on same page as Pakistan even if a few footnotes differ. I guess that this tiny event creates flutters of joy in our detractors tells us much.
I personally hope and expect at some point in future the Durand Line to become a soft line like that you see between UK and Ireland in Ulster or on the Franco-German border with free movement of people. I am pretty sure this will happen.
The border at Khyber Pass is actually exactly at mid-point between Islamabad and Kabul at 100 miles from both cities. It takes less than just over two hours from ISB to Khyber Pass border. Both cities are within max 4 hours drive.
Geographic and ethnic inertia will lead to a shared future and open borders. Nothing the outsiders whether from American continent or Ganga basin can change, try as they may.
