Fencing the western border.

By the 1880s, the Russians had advanced to Central Asia and occupied cities like Bokhara, Samarkand as well as Khiva and were threatening Pamir and Afghanistan. The British were desperate to make sure that their border was clear so that the Russians could not sneak into British India. As such, they decided to demarcate a border between British India and Afghanistan. The border agreement was signed between Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary of British India, and Amir Abdur Rehman of Afghanistan on November 12, 1893. On the conclusion of the treaty, Amir called a gathering of the elders and some government officials. There, he described the agreement as a landmark achievement.

The demarcated border was also reaffirmed in subsequent pacts and treaties. During the partition, 99 percent of the Pashtoons voted to join Pakistan in a referendum held in July 1947. In his book, The Frontiers of Pakistan, Mujtaba Rizvi has mentioned that Afghanistan's first ambassador to Pakistan, Marshal Shah Wali Khan, the uncle of King Zahir Shah, reiterated that Afghanistan has no claims on the frontier territory and if there were any, they have been given up in favour of Pakistan. The UNSC Resolution on Afghanistan reaffirms the legal recognition of the Durand Line as an international border.

Pakistan shares a 2611 kilometer long border with Afghanistan, 1268 kilometers in Balochistan, 1229 kilometers in KP and 114 kilometers in Gilgit-Baltistan. There are two proper crossings at Torkham and Chaman, besides hundreds of frequented and unfrequented routes. The porous nature of the border enabled terrorists to move freely between countries. After 9/11, when the US invaded Afghanistan, most of the militants crossed over to FATA and initiated terrorist activities all across Pakistan. The Indian influence in Afghanistan expanded after the fall of the Taliban and they started using Afghan soil to sponsor terrorist activities inside of Pakistan. India is fueling insurgency in Balochistan and other terrorist activities across Pakistan are actively supported by its consulates in Kandahar and Jalalabad.

With the start of CPEC, India has stepped up its terrorist activities through its proxies-BLA, BLF BRA, TTP, Daesh and JuH as well as through its consulates training, arming and funding terrorists against Pakistan. The arrest of Kulbhushan from Balochistan proves Indian involvement in the region and in the killing of Shia Hazara, according to the confessions obtained by...