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    "ocrText": "SECRET\n29\nMuslims of common beliefs, rights and duties has given the people strong\nsocial and political cohesion.\nPakistan Relations with Afghanistan\nWith independence, Pakistan inherited a situation in the Northewest\nFrontier Province which had been troublesome to the British and contained\nelements which have, since partition, adversely affected friendly rela-\ntions between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The problem centers in the\npresence in this Province and the tribal area bordering on Afghanistan\nof some 5 million Pathans, about half of whom live under tribal law, under\nthe general supervision of Pakistan authorities. The Durand Line, estab-\nlished in 1893, divides the Afghan tribal area from the Pakistan tribal\narea, and forms the international boundary between the two countries.\nImmediately before partition of India the Northwest Frontier Province\nvoted in favor of accession to Pakistan and since then neither the people\nof the Province nor those of the neighboring tribal areas have given any\nclear indication of dissatisfaction with their status. Pakistan's policy\nin dealing with the tribesmen has been eminently successful but trouble\nhas been stirred up by unwarranted interference by Afghanistan. The\nlatter rejects the validity of the accession of the tribesmen to Pakistan,\nand insists upon their right to an independent status in a state with\nsome such designation as \"Pathanistan\".\nAfghanistan has carried on a campaign of propaganda against Pakistan\nwhich has created tension and led to mounting ill-feeling. The motive\nfor this appears compounded of a variety of considerations, including the\nethnic and religious kinship between the Afghan ruling group and the\nSECRET"
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