Pakistan’s New Border Plan Unlikely To Help Afghanistan

[pakistani342]

Aaaa, I think that was the idea -- the idea was to increase pressure in Afghanistan.

Article here, excerpts below:

“The Pakistanis are not making this into a ‘hard’ border,” said David Sedney, a former deputy assistant secretary at the U.S. Defense Department. “The Pakistan approach of making it harder for legitimate travelers and businesspeople to cross the border will have negative economic, security, and social consequences for both countries.”

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“The Pakistani measures have had no impact on Taliban shipments of weapons, explosives, money, and fighters across the border,” he said. “[They] are not designed to impact terrorists and are having no evident positive impact on security for either country.”

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Sedney said Islamabad’s new approach is unlikely to win any hearts and minds in Afghanistan, either. He said an overwhelming number of Afghans hold Islamabad responsible for Taliban violence and are deeply offended by how their compatriots are treated in Pakistan.

He said both factors have enhanced Afghan enmity toward Pakistan over the past decade.

“Few Pakistanis seem to realize just how extensive and how debilitating for the future this negative dynamic is,” he noted.

 

[pakdefender]

This is baloney that 'legitimate' travellers are being restricted , the infiltration into Pakistan was way too easy via the afghan border and more measures will follow once the current ones are fully implemented, we are in it for the long haul and no amount of spin is going to de-track our border management effort

Contrary to the popular belief that 'alternate' routes are easy for militants , well not quite , the logistics just dont work out via 'alternate' routes that easily, the flow gets reduced to a trickle once the main routes are restricted

The US , being a superpower, found out how expensive and unmanageable the 'alternate' northern route was after the coalition forces foolishly attacked our check post at salala and we blocked the supply route in retaliation

By the way the CIA spooks who come into Pakistan also come via 'legitimate' diplomatic channel so even 'legitimate' travellers can be threat to the security , just saying Mr David Sedney

 

[dilpakistani]

It's a piece of crap ... an excuse to refrain from helping Pakistan on this... anyway border management mechanism will definitely definitely improve security position in both countries ... But Pakistan will certainly not stop supporting Afghan Taliban... they are our buffer to counter Indian presence in Afghanistan. hatred in Afghans for Pakistan had always been there...now what's different is Pakistanies also share that sentiment for them ...

 

[Dr Shaheryar]

CIA wants to help anybody. Crap