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Rustam Shah Mohmand
Rustam Shah Mohmand is a specialist of Afghanistan and Central Asian Affairs. He has served as Pakistan’s ambassador to Afghanistan and also held position of Chief Commissioner Refugees for a decade.
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Ignoring crime and chaos in Pakistan’s former tribal areas is a strategic error
Across the former tribal areas, frustration against their new governance system is growing, with tribal elders recently demanding the restoration of an old system that had worked for them for generations.
As expulsion deadline approaches, Pakistan-Afghan relations are on the brink
They don’t know where to go. For years they’ve lived in Pakistan in makeshift houses, tents and garages. Their homes in Afghanistan no longer exist. Many feel like strangers in their ancestral villages.
The Durand Line: A British legacy that fuels new tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan
The border between British India and Afghanistan was demarcated by a boundary commission headed by British representative, Sir Mortimer Durand, in 1893 at the zenith of power and prestige of the British empire.
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