Afghanistan will never recognise the Durand Line: Hamid Karzai

[Indika]

Absolutely

The chaps who cry about the 'sanctity' of the Durand Line have no shame in taking a completely inconsistent view on the McMahon line.

Durand line agreement was like any other colonial agreement - give a stipend to the native rule (Afghan emir in this case), get his agreement to conduct affairs only as per British interests, get some concessions on trade and finally rewrite the border. There's a ton of documentation apart from the rest of the treaty itself that showcases how Afghanistan was arm twisted into the deal - much like how China claims Tibet was arm twisted into the Simla agreement.

Ofc the only assymmetry is that Afghanistan was always inferior to pakistan militarily so except for not recognising it politically there's not much they can do about it.

People should at least have the honesty to take a consistent view.

Well thats called double standards, pick and choose what benefits them. Why in the world would afghanistan recognize some thing that was forced on them? If pakistan claims that it inherits british agreement then they are nothing short of foreign invaders.

Its the same case in middle east Sykes-Picot agreement led to imposing of artificial borders in Middle east which has lead to the current mess.

 

[Winchester]

I saw one with even Karachi being included

 

[MultaniGuy]

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The map is bullsh/it.

no one will allow it.
Afghanistan accepted the Durand line in the treaty of rawalpindi of 1919.

Hamid Karzai is a stupid person.

 

[Pakistani E]

Thanks for admitting you are not Koshur.

Sorry, I don't believe in the Nazi laws of racial purity.

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How dare they include Awan areas? Pakistani Awans are the backbone of Pakistani Army, the only way this map will become a reality is if we take back South Eastern Afghanistan, our ancestral area, and merge it with Pakistan.

 

[My-Analogous]

Amid increasing tensions on the western border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, former Afghan president Hamid Karzai in a tweet on Sunday said Pakistan has "no legal authority to dictate terms on the Durand Line".

Karzai's comment followed Pakistan's decision to close the border between the two states for an indefinite period on February 16 after a recent surge in terrorist attacks across the country.

The border closure has strained Pak-Afghan relations.

Read more: Durand Line status

"While we wish freedom for the people of [the Federally Administered Tribal Areas [Fata] from Frontier Crime Regulation [FCR] and other repressive measures, we remind the Government of Pakistan that Afghanistan hasn't and will not recognize the Durand line," Karzai added in his tweet.





Karzai seemed to echo the sentiment of many of his country's officials, such as Ambassador Omar Zakhilwalal, who in a Facebook post on Saturday said Pakistan does not have a valid reason for the continued closure of crossing points on the Pak-Afghan border.

Zakhilwal said the argument presented by Pakistan — that the border closure is intended to stop terrorists from crossing over — does not carry any weight, as “these points such as Torkham and Spin Boldak have been manned by hundreds of military and other security personnel” and have all the necessary equipment and infrastructure in place to prevent such a possibility.

Also read: Durand Line is recognised border: US

"Continuous unreasonable closure of legal Pak-Afghan trade and transit routes cannot have any other explanation except to be aimed at hurting the common Afghan people," the envoy said in his social media post, apparently in breach of diplomatic protocol.

The Durand Line is the a 2640-kilometre-long border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, established in 1893 following an agreement between Sir Mortimer Durand, a representative of British India, and Abdur Rahman Khan, the Amir of Afghanistan.



Afghan national security advisor to meet Indian counterpart
Afghanistan National Security Advisor to President, Mohammad Haneef Atmar, left for India Sunday for a three-day-long official trip to attend the 19th Asian Security Conference titled 'Combating Terrorism: Evolving an Asian Response' being held in New Delhi, a press released issued from Afghanistan Office of National Security Council stated.

Apart from being the keynote speaker at the event, he will also have bilateral meetings with several Indian security and political officials such as his Indian counterpart, Dr Ajit Kumar Doval, the national security advisor to the prime minister of India.

Atmar will discuss counter terrorism measures as well as strategies to expand "political and security ties between two countries", the statement added.

The conference, organised by India's Institute of Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA), begins on March 6 and concludes March 8.

Good going Afghanistan and surely we want those tiny line on our side

 

[mrrehan]

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Even then it is still land locked dependent on Pakistan or Iran. Full Baluchistan was not part of Afghanistan ever. There were few areas and few ares of Iran those afterwards become part of Baluchistan.

 

[ABCharlie]

And Pakistan will never recognize you.

 

[Arsalan mehmud]

Hamid Karzai jaise gadhe se kaun poocha phele khud ko hi sambhal le..

 

[LA se Karachi]

That's nice. The bottom line is that Pakistani Pashtuns do, however, and they want nothing to do with Afghanistan. It really doesn't matter what Afghanistan thinks.

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

Isn't it frustrating that Pakistani government, media and establishment missing out stating A critical fact - "neither Ashraf Ghani nor Hamid Karzai represent Afghan people". Their opinion of Afghan position as a nation and actions are invalid".

Once Pakistan emphasize this critical fact, taking action against illegal indian stooges in Kabul become more easy.

a hardline approach and some BLUNT talk are not things this dummy PM of ours is known for.....but hopefully he learns and he learns quick

Looks like neither Afghanistan's nor India's politicians have truly accepted the formation of Pakistan.

let them.....if they could do something about it maybe they'd grow a pair of balls...but they lack the balls or maybe they just know the costs of messing with Pakistan make it simply affordable