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Pakistan, Afghanistan and Gaza

The relationship between Afghanistan and Pakistan has once again soured. This is not a new thing. Afghanistan was the only nation in the world to oppose Pakistan's UN membership on September 30, 1947, but it retracted its opposition within a few days. went. Whenever the relations of these two neighboring countries deteriorate, some people try their best to make them fight each other, but despite all the conspiracies, they could not be brought against each other.


It has been reminded several times that the poet Allama Iqbal called Afghanistan the heart of Asia. An admirer of Iqbal in Pakistan cannot be hostile to his Afghan brothers. Founder Ahmed Shah Abdali expresses his love. In 1933, Allama Iqbal went on a visit to Afghanistan, first he recited Hakeem Sani in Ghazni and attended the shrine of Hazrat Usman Hajwiri, the father of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh (Ali Hajwiri), who thereafter traveled to Kandahar and the shrine of Mahmud Ghaznavi. So he also attended the shrine of Ahmad Shah Abdali.


Zahir Shah, the ruler of Afghanistan, sent red stone for the construction of Allama Iqbal's shrine in 1938. Iqbal's words and the red stone in the walls of his mausoleum will always warn Afghans and Pakistanis against enemies who want to make them fight each other. Two incidents during the reign of Zahir Shah damaged the relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The first incident was Afghanistan's opposition to Pakistan at the United Nations.


The effort to employ Faqir Appi, a tribal chieftain who opposed the British rule in North Waziristan, against Pakistan was the second event. Britain was seen by Faqir Appi as his opponent. Faqir Appi started resistance against Pakistani army.


The second incident was the attempt to use Faqir Appi, a tribal leader who resisted the British government in North Waziristan, against Pakistan. Britain was seen by Faqir Appi as his opponent. Faqir Appi started resistance against Pakistani army.


The Indian embassy in Kabul provided them with weapons and money so they could battle the Pakistani troops. The Indian government lodged a complaint alleging that tribesmen from Pakistan and Afghanistan marched to battle the Indian army in the state of Jammu and Kashmir, following the commands of Mulla Shoorbazaar, an Afghan religious teacher. It is important for anyone who criticize Afghans living in Pakistan to keep it in mind. That if the ruling elite of Afghanistan opposed Pakistan in the United Nations for some reason, Mullah Shoor Bazar also supported the Kashmiri Muslims while sitting in Kabul. In order to remove the misunderstanding of Faqir Appi, the Pakistani government first purged its army of British officers and then invited the Imam of Al-Aqsa Mosque, Mufti Amin Al Hussaini to Pakistan. He settled matters in the government. Then he also went to Kabul and explained to Zahir Shah that he should not fight with Pakistan. The Grand Mufti of Palestine worked to improve relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan, and on October 16, 1951, he was named Prime Minister of Pakistan by Afghan Syed Akbar. In Rawalpindi, Liaquat Ali Khan met his demise.


Syed Akbar was related to the British intelligence and perhaps that is why he was shot by a police officer Qurban Ali Khan instead of arresting him on the spot. This proposition was given to Zahir Shah in the meantime, as the erstwhile Soviet Union began to plot against him. It was given that Pakistan and Afghanistan should form a confederation to counter the Soviet Union, under which the sovereignty of both countries will remain but defense and foreign policy will be shared. On April 10, 1954, a report appeared in The New York Times suggesting that Pakistan would profit from a plan to form a confederation with Afghanistan by giving up Kabul's patronage of the Pashtunistan movement, and Afghanistan would benefit by Pakistan Army will defend Afghanistan in case of external aggression. This proposal could not go ahead and misunderstandings remained between the two countries, however, Afghanistan did not open a new front against Pakistan in the Indo-Pak War of 1965 and 1971. After Hayat Muhammad Khan Sher Pao was assassinated during Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's administration, tensions arose between the two nations, and IGFC Major General Nasirullah Khan Babar appointed some rebel Afghan commanders, notably Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Ahmad Shah Masood, as Sardars. He started using it against David's government. Bhutto wrote in his book "If I was killed" In June 1976, Sardar Dawood called him to Kabul and in August 1976, he came to Rawalpindi and it was agreed between the two countries that Afghanistan would recognize the Durand Line as a permanent border and Pakistan would release all the leaders of the National Awami Party (NAP) including Wali Khan, who were arrested in Hyderabad. The trial was going on under the conspiracy case. Meanwhile, in 1977, martial law was imposed in Pakistan. General Zia hastily released the NEP leadership without recognizing the Durandline as a permanent border so that they could be used against Bhutto. Later, Along with Bhutto, Sardar Dawood was also executed by hanging.


General Zia began employing Ahmad Shah Masood and Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who were already in Pakistan, against the Russian army when it entered Afghanistan. History shows that during the political regimes in Pakistan, efforts were made to improve relations with Afghanistan, but the military dictators always tried to make Afghans fuel for the world powers. Musharraf's era was the worst era in terms of Pak-Afghan relations. Musharraf's policies gave birth to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and suicide attacks began in Pakistan.


The current caretaker government ordered the illegal Afghan refugees to leave Pakistan within just one month in October 2023. This order created many misunderstandings in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Law enforcement agencies in Pakistan harassed even those Afghans who had all the documents. Apparently, the reason for sending Afghan refugees back is that some of the refugees are involved in terrorism inside Pakistan and there are some who are doing target killing in Pakistan in collaboration with Indian intelligence agencies. The attempt to repatriate Afghan refugees within a month has made it easier for the common enemies of the two countries and they are adding fuel to the fire of differences on both sides. Pakistan and Afghanistan should protect each other's sovereignty and independence because their security depends on each other's security.