“Khalid Muhammad noted that Afghans, for decades, used the drug and arms smuggling routes to cross into Pakistan without passports or immigration issues.

It is a fallacy to believe their narrative about the Durand Line, especially when numerous times various Afghan armies have attempted to invade Pakistan’s FATA to eliminate the border, but each time they failed and were sent back to Afghanistan, the expert underlined.

He explained that the border issue impacts two groups: first, the Pashtuns who have families in the merged FATA region, and second, the terrorists who are infiltrating Pakistan. These terrorists cut through the border fence and use cover fire from the Taliban to engage Pakistan’s security forces. This tactic enables them to infiltrate the region and reach their predetermined safe havens in South and North Waziristan, Bajaur, and Khyber Agency.”