I’m just thinking out loud, but I really wonder if setting up a Pashtunistan tribal zone for both AF and Pakistan would help?
I mean, it’s not like Kurdistan where you have civilized people. Kurdistan can stay in Iraq I think.
But Pashtunistan would be for these people, some of whom are literally mountain people stuck in 10000 BC. Some of these people don’t know electricity or that the earth is round. Just let these cave people alone, and if they leave their reservation, shoot ‘em.
In many ways, that has been the policy of the Pak government since 1947. The unfortunate thing is that they may not know about electricity or modern geography, but they sure as heck know how to operate an AK-47 when a mullah issues a "jihad" order.