Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai says that Pashtoons living in two sides of the Durand Line would never split even as the situation terrifies them.

In a Kabul meeting with Pashtoon writers and poets, Karzai said that Durand Line could not divide Pashtoons because Afghans did not recognize that as a borderline.

But the line is recognized in Pakistan as an international borderline.

“When I was president of Afghanistan and went to Islamabad to meet Pervez Musharraf (former Pakistani ruler), I told him that Wali Khan (late Pashtoon leader) is dead and I am going to go to Charsada (a city in Pakistan’s northwest) for his mourning,” Karzai recalled his memories.

Karzai knew that Pakistani military officials were not happy with his Charsada trip, but they could not prevent him and he flew to Charsada by a helicopter accompanied by military officials.

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