Afghanistan Criticizes Pakistan’s Unilateral Decision Over FATA

Afghan government officials have declared Pakistan’s move to merge FATA with KP province as unacceptable. 

Afghanistan has strongly criticized Pakistan’s unilateral decision on merging the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, saying the move was in contravention of the 1921 treaty signed between Afghanistan and the then British India.

Meanwhile, Afghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai has said that the merge of FATA with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province will not impact the Durand Line. 

“The Afghan government by realizing the colonial and inhuman oppressive system in the tribal regions believes that the unilateral decision aimed at stripping the autonomy of tribal regions is not the solution while we have not the consensus of the people and the suggestion of the Afghan government regarding the issue,” said deputy presidential spokesman Dawa Khan Menapal. 

But, Afghan government officials have declared Pakistan’s move on the merger of FATA as unacceptable and inappropriate. 

According to officials in Kabul, Afghanistan has shared its concerns regarding the matter through diplomatic channels with the Pakistani side and the international community.  -  More

Afghanistan Criticizes Pakistan's Unilateral Decision Over FATA ...