Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations.

In 1947, British India was divided, and two independent countries emerged on the world map: Pakistan and India. At that time, Afghanistan refused to accept the Durand Line agreement and claimed that it was nullified after the division of the subcontinent and had no legal means. The then Afghan government further demanded to include Balochistan and NWFP (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) as part of the Afghan territory because of Pashtun ethnicity and tribal culture. Pakistan rejected this nonsensical demand because most Pashtun tribes were part of Pakistan instead of Afghanistan. This resulted in the decision that the Durand Line agreement could not be nullified. This initiated the bitter relationship between the two countries since the birth of Pakistan. The abhorrence of Afghanistan kept increasing, which was evident because Afghanistan objected to Pakistan's admission to the United Nations.

On the other hand, USSR expansionist design kept increasing to reach warm waters. Their way to reach warm waters through Afghan territory was resisted by the Taliban, resulting in the defeat of the USSR in the late twentieth century. Once again, Afghanistan accused Pakistan of backing the Taliban against the soviets. The USSR-Afghanistan war eventually ended, resulting in central Asian states on the world map. This whole incident added bitterness to Pak-Afghan relations. After the Afghan war, Pakistan recognized the Taliban government as it was the voice of the Afghan people. Later, after the 9/11 attack in the US, the then US President George W Bush wages war against Afghanistan, claiming that the Twin Tower attack was planned within Afghan territory.

The US justified their invasion on Afghan soil and termed it as 'War on Terror' in which NATO and western countries supported the US stance. Due to this attack, the Afghan community was displaced internally and sought refuge in other countries. At that time, Pakistan helped the Afghan people by opening its borders to facilitate Afghanis on a humanitarian basis. Even then, the Afghan government did not recognize this humane act of Pakistan. Pakistan also suffered from the war on terror because of the shared border. Instead of building good relations with Pakistan, they formerly maintained relations with enemies of Pakistan. Thus, the Afghan territory was offered to help India destabilize Pakistan, as it was also confessed by an Indian Spy caught in Pakistan. For this purpose, India has the highest number of...