{"id":63406,"date":"2024-02-23T06:40:52","date_gmt":"2024-02-23T06:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/us-reiterates-position-on-durand-line\/"},"modified":"2024-02-23T06:40:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T06:40:52","slug":"us-reiterates-position-on-durand-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/us-reiterates-position-on-durand-line\/","title":{"rendered":"US reiterates position on Durand Line"},"content":{"rendered":"

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WASHINGTON: The United States has stated that it supports the territorial integrity of both Afghanistan and Pakistan within internationally recognised borders.<\/p>\n

The US State Depar\u00adtment reiterated its position at a news briefing on Wednesday, commenting on recent Afghan Taliban claims disputing the Durand Line that divides Afgha\u00adnistan and Pakistan.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe support the territorial integrity of both Afghanistan and Pakistan within their internationally recognised borders,\u201d said the department\u2019s spokesperson, Matthew Miller. The United States recognises<\/a> the Durand Line as an international border, as do other major world powers.<\/p>\n

The US-based Foreign Policy<\/em> magazine reported this week that the Afghan Taliban were stirring border tension with Pakistan through outlawed TTP.<\/p>\n

The report noted that the TTP broke a ceasefire with the Pakistani government in November 2022 and has demanded the reversal of Fata merger.<\/p>\n

An Afghan journalist referred to the article at the State Department brief\u00ading and asked, \u201cWhat\u2019s the US position on the Durand Line?\u201d Mr Mil\u00adler said it was an internationally recognised border.<\/p>\n

The Foreign Policy<\/em> report, however, notes that in a recent statement, acting foreign minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stani\u00adkzai said that Kabul doesn\u2019t recognise the Durand Line. The line runs through the tribal regions, which the report depicted as the hub of TTP activities.
\nPublished in Dawn, February 23rd, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON: The United States has stated that it supports the territorial integrity of both Afghanistan and Pakistan within internationally recognised borders. The US State Depar\u00adtment reiterated its position at a news briefing on Wednesday, commenting on recent Afghan Taliban claims disputing the Durand Line that divides Afgha\u00adnistan and Pakistan. \u201cWe support the territorial integrity of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":63407,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.dawn.com\/large\/2024\/02\/23101849635bca7.png?r=101906","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t