The rhetoric on Durand line has successively been used for political gains | Amb (r) Syed Abrar Hussain

Speaking at the book launch of ‘Revisiting the Durand Line: Historical and Legal Perspectives’, Vice Chairman IPS Ambassador (r) Syed Abrar Hussain said that successive Afghan governments have developed the rhetoric on Durand line for political gains but have never taken it to an international forum. This is because of the lack of evidence behind their narrative. Pakistan does not bring up the matter in the interest of mutual relations and because it considers the Durand Line an international boundary and a settled issue.

The event held on December 15, 2023 was co-organized by Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) and School of Politics and International Relations (SPIR), Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU), Islamabad.