India Narrative

Fresh clashes have broken out between Pakistani troops and Taliban fighters maid mounting tension over the fencing on the Durand Line, that delineates the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. According to media reports, the Pakistani army and Afghan Taliban are still exchanging fire across the Durand Line. The latest incident took place on Tuesday in Sarkano and Naray districts, Kunar province of Afghanistan. Various reports in the local media and videos tweeted by journalists show both the sides firing at each other. According to a source, the clash started Tuesday afternoon over a check-point dispute in the area bordering Afghanistan's Kunar province,” says Roohan Ahmed, a Pakistani journalist in his Twitter post. According to Afghan media, the Pakistan Army opened  fire against the Taliban troops in the Dangam district of Kunar. The Pakistan Army also used heavy artillery against the Taliban, leading to clashes between two sides. But the Pakistani army said that the Pakistani forces sta

 The Afghanistan-Pakistan dispute over the Durand Line has taken centre- stage yet again. Facing prospects of high-octane street protests Pakistan's National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has dropped his plans of leading a high-level inter-ministerial delegation to Kabul on January  18  for two-day  talks on the Durand Line dispute and the humanitarian crisis exploding in Afghanistan! In the last week of December 2021, videos showing Taliban fighters removing Pakistan’s border fencing appeared on social media. Taliban commanders were seen threatening Pakistani soldiers against pursuing construction of the border fence. Various spokespersons and Taliban Commanders described the Durand Line border fence as “illegal”, and resolved to “not allow the fencing anytime, in any form”. What is the Durand Line? Henry Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary of British India from 1884 to 1894 left behind two legacies in India and Pakistan. One, the popular Durand Cup Football Tournament in India that