Afghanistan
defines its identity as a cluster of nearly 14 ethnic groups. Pakistan
also retains nearly all those 14 ethnic groups- along with a few others-
within its territory. At the core, neither ethnic nor religious
divides exist between the two countries; and at the core, Pakistanis and
Afghans are not ‘neighbors’ but, instead-siblings .
Nonetheless,
over the years this non issue -make belief divide- has managed to affix
itself as not only a core area of contention between the two states;
but has served as the first push into the abyss.
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