Well if it is a Urban myth then what was Gen(rtd) Mirza Aslam Baig talking about??
That is the General's own perspective.
can pakistan digest a post American hostile Afghanistan ..such that you will have to permanently deploy 4-5 army corps on afghan borders..plus Durand line issues will again crop up.
Durand line issue has no meaning, the international community and the UN have long accepted KP to be Pakistani territory, the people themselves voted to join Pakistan in 47.
And we will never have to maintain a 4-5 core strength, the Afghans attacked us in 62(I believe) without warning or official decleration of war. They were beaten back to their positions by the para-military FC alone, and that is when Afghanistan was at it's military prime.
Well they are not hostile...they are insecure due to a presence of a bigger, stronger, nuclear powered neighbour..which can overrun it at any time it wants.
Na, they just hate us for the sake of hating us, they were the only country to vote against us joining the UN when Pakistan came into existence, we weren't stronger or a nuclear power back then.......
Similar parallel can be drawn b/w India and bangladesh..they are dependent on India..surrounded on by India on 3 sides...but some Bangladeshis are very hostile towards India.
But at least they are realistic, these guys say they will rule us !