"The Durand Line was demarcated by the British and signed into a treaty in 1893 with the Afghan ruler Amir Abdur Rehman Khan. The treaty was to stay in force for a 100-year period. According to Afrasiab Khattak, a political analyst, the areas from the Khayber Agency Northwards to Chitral, however, remained un-demarcated.

"This disputed land was legally to be returned to Afghanistan in 1993 after the 100 year old Durand Treaty expired, similar to how Hong Kong was returned to China."

Concern is being expressed in various quarters about the viability of the nation of Pakistan. It is an ersatz nation, like the state of Israel. It was cobbled together as a secular state for Indian Muslims, and there we have one inbuilt tension, secular/Muslim. Twenty-four years after it's foundation the detached part of the nation, East Bengal, "East Pakistan", had gained its independence following a bloody "civil" war, and become the state of Bangla Desh. The Baloch in the west have fought unsuccessfully for their independence. Pakistani Baluchistan is a province under virtual occupation by the Pakistani army.
Then there's the North West Frontier Province (NWFP). This region has always had a degree of autonomy, but now the district of Swat has been, to all intents and purposes, been ceded to the Taliban. Why not go the whole hog and cut the whole province loose. It should by now be part of Afghanistan, so let the Afghans have it. Whis will weaken the Taliban in Pakistan while doing the right thing. Whether or not the Afghans want the NWFP in its present lawless state is irrelevant. If they refuse to accept the gift then the Pathans should be allowed to create their long desired Pukhtunwa and sort out their own problems.
If common sense prevails Pakistan will then cut Baluchistan loose and withdraw from so-called Azad Kashmir. Its leaders could then concentrate on consolidating the remaining provinces into a real nation, while clamping down on the religious fanatics, militias and terrorist cells that poison the body politic and threaten stability. Then there's the corruption, croneyism and nepotism to deal with.
Alas, none of this is going to happen. The army for a start would not stand by and allow it. It would make alliances with other threatened bodies, including the always useful terrorist gangs, some of whom the army helped to bring into the world, then sustained.
Allah, Army, America. Pakistan is doomed.