The Ministry of Defence of the Afghan government has said that Pakistan had no right to erect barbed wire fences along the Durand Line [Pakistan-Afghanistan border] owing to the regional structure.
According to a tweet by Afghan News outlet Kabul News, the Afghan Ministry of Defense had said that Pakistan could not separate tribes living on both sides of the line, and had no right to fence the border.
In a video shared by the Twitter account of the news outlet, Taliban forces could be seen removing barbed wire fences along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. They claimed that the fences were erected illegally on Afghan soil, the news outlet stated.
There have been no comments from Pakistani officials over the matter.
The developments come as former chairman Senate Raza Rabbani questioned lawmakers on December 24 about Pakistan’s eagerness to help the Afghan Taliban, despite them not recognizing the international border.
In an address to a senate session, he questioned the foreign minister regarding a recent event where security forces were prevented from fencing the Afghan-Pakistan border.
He said the government must take the parliament into confidence over the matter.
Rabbani further questioned lawmakers as to why the country was moving forward with its engagement with Taliban as they were not ready to recognize the international border.
Commenting on an earlier video, Spokesman of Afghan Defence Minister, Enayatullah Khwarazmi, said that the Taliban forces had stopped Pakistani security officials as they considered it an “illegal” border fence.
Pakistan began fencing along the Pakistan-Afghan border in 2017, while Kabul disputed the matter. Pakistan has completed nearly 2,600km of fencing along the border.
