Pakistan’s New Border Plan Unlikely To Help #Afghanistan
For more than four decades, Pakistan has trained and armed hundreds of thousands of Afghan insurgents and hosted millions of refugees in the hope of shaping Afghanistan’s future to its liking.
Islamabad, however, has embarked on a new approach that centers on controlling movement across the long and porous border between the two countries.
Observers say the new policy is unlikely to help stabilize Afghanistan because it won’t prevent insurgents from entering the country but will haunt refugees and border communities whose livelihoods depend on cross-border trade.
“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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