Turn on Geo news or any other news channel in Pakistan, they confirmed that the man caught trying to attack Pakistani police helicopter is an Afghan national. Its very easy to tell if an ID is fake, and the police probably got information from him and came to the conclusion that he's an Afghan national.
This news of his identity is all over the news, why would anyone lie about it?
How feasible is it for Pakistan to lock the Afghan border tight ? I can't believe Pak govt. can convince the large Afghan immigrants to go back, but I guess they can at least be monitored. Is it possible for Pakistan to make the border less porous ?
I am not from around there, so may be naive. From news reports it appears that many of the border areas are not under direct govt. control. NWFP is partially autonomous, FATA is controlled by local laws, Balochistan is under proper govt. control (but US is threatening that).
I understand that Pakistan does have some experience with maintaining borders in territory not fully under federal control like in Pakistani Kashmir (or Azad Kashmir as you call it) which is nominally more freer than other provinces.
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