Pakistan pushing Afghans back to Kabul is a signal-Durand Line is a border, not a frontier

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The state, of course, has many reasons to justify its decision—from security to economy and politics. But these are also factors that were Pakistan’s own creation rather than Afghan’s and the issues may not be resolved with the departure of this population either. And, Pakistan may not be able to get rid of its Afghan population so easily. But there may be a larger objective behind this exercise. There are a total of 3.7 million Afghans living in Pakistan, out of which 1.4 million are unregistered. Pakistan just ordered the eviction of illegal migrants living in the country. Though the...