Taliban says they did not allow Pak to continue fencing along Durand Line

The Durand line has become a bone of dispute between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Taliban on Tuesday said that it did not allow the Pakistani government to continue the fence along the Durand line.

Taliban Defense Minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid said that consultation is currently taking place among high-ranking officials in the Islamic Emirates, reporting Tolo news.

reviously, Pakistani Minister of Home Affairs Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said that the fence along the Durand line was more than 90 percent complete and he promised to be completed, but Afghan defense minister in an interview with national radio and Afghan television (RTA), said that so far Pakistan Allowed to complete the fence.

We have proposed this issue to the Ministers’ Council, and leadership. Consultation is taking place in this problem, and we will act on any guidance given to us by leadership. We have not allowed anyone to the fence so far,” he said.

Meanwhile, residents who live near the Durand line area said they did not consider the fence on the line of Durand to be accepted and they asked the Taliban to take serious action to prevent the border fence de facto with Pakistan, reporting news.

Muhibullah Gharwal is a resident of one of the most remote Kunar villages near the Durand line.

He said the fence along the line was being carried out unilaterally and Pakistan should not be allowed to complete the fence.

According to residents, Pakistan does not only continue to the fence along the line but also regularly attacks their village with artillery, which has made life difficult for people living in border villages near the Durand line, reporting Tolo news.

Sometimes Pakistani troops launch a rocket attack in these villages, which have caused many problems for the people of Kunar,” said Muhibullah Gharwal, a resident of Marwah Kunar Regency.

This is illegal and non-diplomatic acts, Afghans have never received this line and will not accept it,” said Ahmad Khan Andar, a political analyst.

Meanwhile, bilateral relations between Pakistan and the Taliban rotate hostile to the problem of Durand Line and “cross-border” terror activities “such as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) against Islamabad.

The Taliban has not received the Durand line as the ‘official’ limit between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Frequent battles between the Taliban and Pak security forces along the border after the fall of Kabul in August 2021.