The continuation of the verbal tension between Islamabad and Kabul/Taliban: the issue of the hypothetical Durand Line goes back to before the formation of Pakistan.

According to the report of the regional office of Tasnim News Agency, “Shir Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, the Political Deputy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Taliban government, in response to the statements of Pakistani officials regarding the “Durand Line”, this supposed line is a challenge left over from the time of the British and goes back to before the formation of the country of Pakistan.

Stankzai told TOLOnews: “Durand is an imaginary line and this problem is not between us and Pakistan, this is the problem of the British at that time; Whatever the Pakistani authorities say about this is unacceptable because the Durand issue does not concern them.

He stressed that when drawing this line (Durand), no country called Pakistan did not exist, he added: When the hypothetical Durand Line was drawn, Pakistan did not exist. Pakistan came into existence 50 years after that and therefore cannot comment on this matter. The withdrawal of the Soviet army from Afghanistan said that “there is no official border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, but there is an imaginary line”.

“John Achakzai, Minister of Information of Balochistan State in In response to these statements, it was said that the current government of Afghanistan has not announced its official position regarding the “Durand” border to the government of Islamabad.

He also emphasized that the current border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is the officially accepted international border of the two countries. Therefore, it is not wise to use the term “hypothetical line”.. left:0in; margin-right:0in; text-align:justify”>end of message/.