There is a very obvious answer to that: first, the Pashtun are on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistan border, and, secondly, they have been driven into Pakistan as a result of the 2001 invasion. I am afraid that that is the long and the short of it.
Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence
Proceeding contribution from
David Miliband
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 23 November 2009.
It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Defence.
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