Asia Foundation Releases Study on Trade and Livelihoods in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Borderlands »
...an government and its international partners would be necessary to mitigate. A summary of the findings is available for download from the Asia Foundation. The full report can be downloaded here. The border between Afghanistan and Pakistan is known for being porous and frequently traversed. Extensive trade networks, both formal and informal, run across it, and although the imposition of the Durand Line in the 19th Century divided tribes and familie...