DURAND LINE
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New border checkpost sparks Pak-Afghan tension
Wednesday, April 03, 2013 - Islamabad—The construction of a border checkpost has sparked a new feud between Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan, with the latter already having accused the other of cross-border shelling and trying to undermine prospects of peace with the Afghan Taliban. In a meeting with Pakistan Ambassador to Afghanistan Mohammad Sadiq on Monday, Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Jawed Ludin expressed his concerns over what it called “Pakistani military’s unilateral construction and physical reinforcement activities along the Durand Line.” According to the Afghan deputy foreign minister, the construction of the Pakistani military checkpost close to the Goshta district of Nangarhar province is “against all accepted international norms, provocative and unacceptable to the Afghan government.”Once again, Afghanistan-Pakistan border skirmish exacerbated, straining relations between the two countries.
Border Clashes and the History of Durand Line - The Daily Afghanistan ExpressThe Daily Afghanistan Express
The Durand Line jinx
The clash on Monday at a border checkpost between Pakistan and Afghanistan took place at the site of a previous incident, but in the background was the perennial dispute between the two countries over their border, as well as the incidents of firing which the two countries accuse each other of.Durand line is a settled issue with Afghanistan: FO
ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office has said that Durand line is a settled issue between Afghanistan and Pakistan, adding that it find the talk on Durand line a distraction from the other more pressing priorities. Replying to a question, the FO spokesman Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said that the country has protested with the government of Afghanistan over the repetition of unprovoked firing from Afghan side on our Gursal post. He further said Pakistan considers India's on-going efforts to build ballistic missile system as a destabilizing development.
Neighbourhood watch : Karzai’s remarks fuel Pak-Afghan tensions
Afghan government accused the Pakistani military of setting up check posts on the Afghan side of the border. Afghan government accused the Pakistani military of setting up check posts on the Afghan side of the border.
KABUL (WNA): President Hamid Karzai in a telephone conversation with chief of Jamiatul Ulama-Pakistan condemned the recent incident in Kurm Agency, where six people were killed and called terrorism the enemy of human, his office said yesterday.
Wakht News Agency - Karzai converse with Pak Fazulrahman on Durand Line
Karzai: Afghanistan Never Recognised the Durand Line
News - Afghanistan Saturday, 04 May 2013 17:06 Last Updated on Sunday, 05 May 2013 11:40 Written by Shakeela Abrahimkhil
By Sayed Jawad - 12 May 2013, 10:00 pm <img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-25851" alt="US accept Durand Line legal status" src="http://pull.khaamapress.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/US-accept-Durand-Line-legal-status-300x202.jpg" width="300" height="202"/> The United States of America on Sunday once again emphasized on the legal status of Durand Line as the border line between Afghanistan and Pakistan despite Afghan president Hamid Karzai insisted that the government of Afghanistan will never accept the legal status of Durand Line.
US accepts Durand Line as formal Pak-Afghan border: Burns
KABUL – The issue of the Durand Line had not be discussed between President Hamid Karzai and his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari when they met in London last week, a presidential spokesman said on Sunday. In London, Karzai held a series of meetings with Zardari at the trilateral talks hosted by the UK premier David Cameron. The two presidents agreed on various issues, including jointly working to reach a peace deal with the Taliban over the next six months.
Durand Line Not Discussed in London: Faizi – The Daily Afghanistan Express
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The current security predicament faced by the Af-Pak region has much to do with its history. The current security predicament faced by the Af-Pak region has much to do with its history. PHOTO: AFP/FILE The year 2011 hasn’t been the only time in history when the politics of routes and access shaped international relations in this region.North Waziristan
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