The Durand Line winds through some of the world's most remote and mountainous terrain. More than that the 1,510-mile border between Afghanistan and Pakistan separates the two rival countries and often serves as a flashpoint. The notoriously porous border has also encouraged the Taliban and other extremists' groups to seek sanctuary or resources in Pakistan. Pakistani terrorists' groups and smugglers of all descriptions have used the border in similar ways.
America's Shadow War With Iran
“With the impending drawdown of the United States from the region Pakistan will push to maintain the Durand Border at all costs,” says Salman Siddiqui an academic in London who worked for years in Pakistan.
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