Pakistan has control, doenst mean afghanistan doesnt have a claim -
similar to Pakistan has control of Baltistan and ilk , India has a claim and so on.
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The Pashtun's voted in a referendum after independence to Join Pakistan, I would say that the people have spoken, and any claim of Afghanistan, other than minor adjustments to the Durand Line, are moot.
India can have a "claim" but as the UN resolutions on Kashmir show us, even an apparently "legally valid" claim, by virtue of the "Instrument of Accession" is not so valid. By giving the right to decide their destiny, to the people of Kashmir, the final arbiter, the people, have been vindicated. and that is what counts.
Salim,
You keep insisting on referring to the violence in FATA as " a freedom movement in the NWFP".
You refuse to validate your claims, other than being wishy washy and crooning nonsense to the effect of "someday - given enough time" - "someday the sun will not be", perhaps someday India will be in a dozen different pieces - hardly arguments worth entertaining.
But then there is nothing else for you to make a case upon.
You are indulging in intellectual dishonesty, and making baseless assertions and generalizations, not to mention digressing from the subject of this thread.
To talk of "asking Mehsud", whose beef with the Army is one of not being allowed to carry out raids in Afghanistan, and impose his medieval laws, not Independence, shows how far you have to stretch to make a non existent point.
YOU brought up the argument of "Pashtun Freedom" and you have the presumption to state "ask Mehsud"!
No sir, how about you make your case, and provide evidence to substantiate it (on a different thread please!).
To reiterate a philosophical quote:
"You believe something exists, I don't - I cannot provide negative proofs, the burden of proof is on you to prove that X exists."