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Still. Afghanistan effectively rebelled, and yet they still use the British-drawn borders as the borders of their state.
by reliabilityguy 1y ago
Still. Afghanistan effectively rebelled, and yet they still use the British-drawn borders as the borders of their state.
- pakthrow 1y agoAs a matter of power in the global scope, sure. Locally, it's messier. The British had to concede to local autonomy across the border they drew in what is now north-western Pakistan, and that formal arrangement persisted past partition (and informally persists to this day.) See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_...