Union of Afghanistan and Pakistan

M. Akram Khan Niazi is a professional in the field of Pharmacy. He has experienced first hand the problems that the region faces. His main interest is promoting peace and human rights irrespective of which religions, casts, creeds, languages or nationalities are involved. He strongly believes in the use of "natural means for improvement of quality of life for everyone".  

Originally, he had written this piece as a comment to Benon Sevan’s Afghanistan 20 years after the Soviet Withdrawal. It contains some ideas that are unlike what the Media in the west promotes, and the readers of keghart might find them interesting. Hence, it is published as a stand-alone article.

M. Akram Khan Niazi may be reached at [email protected]

M. Akram Khan Niazi is a professional in the field of Pharmacy. He has experienced first hand the problems that the region faces. His main interest is promoting peace and human rights irrespective of which religions, casts, creeds, languages or nationalities are involved. He strongly believes in the use of "natural means for improvement of quality of life for everyone".  

Originally, he had written this piece as a comment to Benon Sevan’s Afghanistan 20 years after the Soviet Withdrawal. It contains some ideas that are unlike what the Media in the west promotes, and the readers of keghart might find them interesting. Hence, it is published as a stand-alone article.

M. Akram Khan Niazi may be reached at [email protected]

Later, some forces that had vested interests kept a distance between these two lands. Consequently, border areas became hiding places for criminals, thieves of automobiles and other stolen goods. They are stored in this region. This large uncontrollable area is a base for many evils.

Here narcotics are grown; addiction is destroying the youth and humanity. Because the region is not developed and poverty is rampant, people are attracted to extremism and militancy.

Union of both countries will make the single government more responsible in stabilizing this region and in satisfying the nationalistic pride of its inhabitants.  People will be able to serve humanity as other large nations of the world do. Otherwise, this region will always remain a nuisance for the world. It destroyed Soviet Union. It may also take down the western world, which will be a great blow to the development of Science and Technology, especially Medical science.

Advantages to the world:

Control of terrorism:

Instability in this region is causing great damage to humanity. Soldiers of many countries are sacrificing their lives just to eliminate terrorists from these countries.  In the presence of a unified government, it will be easier to control terrorists.

Control of extremism:

As a unified nation composed of multiethnic groups such as the Punjabis, Sindhis, Baluchis, Pashtuns, Urdu speakers, Tajiks, Persians and Hazaras, and as a multisectarian society including the Sunnis and Shiites, it will become impossible for any ethnic group or religious sect to find any future in extremism.
 
Stabilization of the region:

Although it is now that the problems of this region have gained attention, it has suffered from instability for a long time. People here are finding no hope, no future for themselves, partly because of interference from foreign countries, such as the British Empire, Soviet Union, USA, China and India. When they were unified under the Durrani Empire, the region was stable. The same was the case during the Mughal Empire.

There are three main groups in Asia, i.e. the Chinese, Hindus and Muslims. Chinese and Hindus are satisfied with their states of China and India. The Muslim population in Asia is greater than the Chinese and Hindus combined. However, having no comparable state of their own they experience the stress of inferiority. That element too is causing instability and irritation amongst common Muslims. By creating a unified state of Pakistan and Afghanistan, a sense of satisfaction, pride and respect of having a national state will be achieved. That might lead to normalization of relations with the rest of the world and stability.

Solution to economic problems:

At present, both countries are burdens on others, and pose barriers in exploring the resources of Central Asia by the world. After stabilization, it will be useful not only for Central Asia and for the World, but also for the new unified nation itself.

Advantages to Pakistan:

It was the vision of Quaid-e-Azam, the Founder of Pakistan, to unify the regions of  West Pakistan, Afghanistan, East Pakistan, Malaysia and Indonesia. That probably needs time. It took many centuries for Europeans to realize that they shared a common goal.

Through unification, Afghanistan will cease to be a land locked country. The union will promote freedom to people of Afghanistan to travel and engage in economic activity.