Other divided villages are believed to exist further north in the restive Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA). “(A border wall) was there in Germany, it is in Mexico. It is all over the world – why not in Afghanistan and Pakistan?” said Col. Muhammad Usman, commander of Pakistan’s Frontier Corps paramilitary force in Chaman. (REUTERS)The Trump effectThe appeal of erecting physical border barriers waned after the Berlin Wall was torn down in 1989. Tense relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan boiled over in two divided villages in May during Pakistan’s census survey.

Source: Hindustan Times October 10, 2017 11:37 UTC