Durand line is Not a settled issue, it needs to be settled.......................
When Afghanistan signed it in 1893, it was not completely sovereign state, its foreign policy was controlled by British per Treaty of Gandamak. Amir signed it under pressure and British clearly dictated their terms in treaty......Moreover Colonial British empire was not representing people of Hindustan, it itself was an occupying force of foreign origin.....so this treaty is invalid from the very beginning........Also Pakistan was new country and it had to sit with Afghanistan to settle the border, it didnt......so it is a disputed border.....it can not be settled without Afghanistan recognition.....
Durand line is an unnatural border, it doesn't make any sense from demographic or strategic point of view.......Pashtuns and their tribes are split up and natural order would be to get lar Afghans united back with bar afghans in their historical motherland of Afghanistan........
Pakistani pashtuns are not citizens of Pakistan but are subjects....Pashtun's culture, language, traditions and even identity is facing an onslaught in this country....The Urdu media has been very negative in its stereotyping. Its demonization and generalization of the Pashtuns has left them at a loss for their identity and they are forced to ask whether they can call Pakistan home. A perception is created among the urbanite middle class of Pakistan that Pashtuns are cultural savages, backward and unable to assimilate into the mainstream culture. They are ridiculed in dramas, humour based shows and morning shows and their stigmatization is a routine occurrence on Pakistani TV channels and newspapers. Pashtuns have been alienated so much that they feel strangers in pakistan...
I would give an example as to how they present Pashtuns on television screen. In a prime time drama scene a Pashtun is shown as security guard, a clown in fact. When he reports for duty at a house, the owner asks him to check if he has a brain before assigning him responsibility........... as if Punajbis and mohajirs themselves have produced Einsteins, Russells, Newtons etc
Pashtuns of pakistan need to realize that honour, dignity, ghairat, self-respect, self -esteem ,independence etc are more important than economic incentives , boot licking, and psychological slavery.............your urdu accent is ridiculed in pakistan and you feel inferior, that wont happen when you are with your own pashtuns of jalalabad or kandahar.....azad qabail of FATA are bearing the brunt of wrong policies of pakistan and they are either getting killed or getting displaced as refugees, its simply genocide......sooner or later khyber pakhtunkhwa would also be burning......you people have to take big decision in future which would ensure your survival....We bar afghans are always with you.
Lar o bar yo Afghan !
