To this day, Afghanistan has not recognized the Durand Line – drawn by a British diplomat in 1893 and imposed on Afghanistan by India’s colonial rulers – as the formal border with Pakistan. Afghanistan was the only state that opposed Pakistan’s entry into the United Nations when it gained independence from British rule in 1947, contributing to nearly 70 years of bilateral tensions.
实施Zarb-e-Azb行动的边界区凸显出所有这三个事件的重要性。到目前为止，阿富汗尚未承认由英国外交官在1893年所划并由印度殖民统治者强加给阿富汗的杜兰德线（Durand Line）为正式的阿巴边界线。阿富汗是1947年巴基斯坦独立后加入联合国的唯一一个反对国，这导致两国近70年来双边关系一直很紧张。