US should condition Afghan aid with recognition of Durand Line: US lawmaker
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WASHINGTON: The United States needs to condition its aid to Afghanistan on the recognition of the Durand Line as Kabul has refused to recognise it, unsettles Pakistan, a US lawmaker told a House Subcommittee on Foreign Affairs.
This apparently is the first time a lawmaker, California Democrat Brad Sherman, has suggested conditioning US aid to Afghanistan to the recognition of Durand Line.
Mr Sherman, who usually is harsh on Pakistan, put forth this suggestion at a House subcommittee hearing on “Maintaining US influence in South Asia,” on Thursday.
At the same hearing, a senior US official — Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells — reminded Pakistan that India’s interests in Afghanistan were as “real and legitimate as Pakistan’s”.
