1. Afghanistan had opposed the creation of Pakistan and its entry into UN. Pakhtun leaders like Gaffar Khan and Faqir Ipi had advocated an independent or autonomous Pakhtunistan.
2. During 1965 War, Afghans had mobilized to enter into NWFP-Baluchistan in case the Indians overran Pakistan.
3. Karzai and his military chief are going to disappear once the Americans are totally gone. How Pakistan is going to manage the Taliban will be interesting to watch.
4. Suhrowardy was the first Pak leader who could talk to the Afghans to solve this issue. At his urging, Iskanadr Mirza ( an old Pol Agent and fluent in Pashtu and Persian) had visited Afghanistan offering a confederation. Afghans had not rejected this. Ayub, a Pathan himself, had also thought on similar lines.
5. Not many Pakistanis know that Air Marshal Asghar Khan is highly respected by the Afghans. Services of the old man, Gen Hamid Gul, Brig Yusuf, Gen Afzal Janjua, Nawab Barrister Samin Khan (if he is alive) and people like them could be utilized after the IAE Govt is back in Kabul. The solution seems to be in unification - not in further division.