Facing dust-loaded dry winds, Afghan Border Police officer Masoud Sayed watches for signs of trouble along the Durand Line in Nangarhar province on April 15, 2010. Drawn with British ink in the late-nineteenth century by Officer Henry Mortimer Durand, this borderline intentionally bisected tribal lands in a largely unsuccessful attempt to eliminate Pashtun opposition to English interests. Contemporary Afghans seldom recognize the Durand Line, which demarks the North West Frontier Province and Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Both of these areas have become havens for criminals and guerrilla fighters that fervently denounce foreign interference in the region.
Words and Photo by James Lee
Words and Photo by James Lee
Thank you, James Lee. It is comments such as yours regarding the Durand Line that helps we on the 'outside' understand why certain people believe as they do and think as they do.
There must be no compassion for men who compel the ignorant to murder innocents, whether the innocents are a room full of school children or a crowd of women shopping at the mall, regardless of his reasons for doing so.
Your paragraph explains how the Durand Line came to be and why contemporary Afghans ignore it. Thank you, again, James Lee. Please give us more truth in words and photos as Michael Yon did hundreds and hundreds of times.
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