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I noticed that too, but also pay attention to how he emphasizes that 'in his opinion'. At least I noticed the emphasis the first time I listened to the video and understood that he was conveying his own opinion on the issue.And, umm...,gee but did General ul-Haq say that 60% of Afghanistan is Pashtun (4:29)?
Given that there has been no census in decades (online reports indicate an incomplete census in 1979), no once can claim to have an accurate idea of the demographic breakup of Afghanistan, and the controversy will likely only be resolved once a census is held.
The General was expressing his exasperation with the Afghans, in that they complain and complain about cross-border movement, yet have continuously rebuffed Pakistani proposals such as fencing, mining and even biometric identification (his anecdote of the Afghan guards ripping up ID's issued to Pakistanis crossing over).I've long contended that nothing stops Pakistan from fencing and mining ITS side of the border. Step back one hundred meters, build your fences and lay your mines if you wish. Nobody can stop you. It is, afterall, your land.
His point was that the Afghans complain about a porous border but have offered no feasible solutions to controlling it, or formalizing it.
I think his points are valid. Afghanistan cannot claim to be a 'good neighbor' so long as it harbors irredentist ambitions - that irredentist ambition is validated through the comments of Karzai and other Afghan government officials that I have posted in the last few weeks or so.