If you ask any history teacher about India's borders, they will tell you that the North-West frontier has always been our most interesting neighbor. Since 1947, when Pakistan was born, something strange has been happening there. Afghanistan and Pakistan share a long border, they follow the same religion, and they even share the Pashtun people living on both sides. Yet, they have never been real friends. At the same time, Afghanistan and India, separated by Pakistan in between, have always had a warm bond. Sounds confusing, right? Well, this is the story of how geography can decide friendships and enemies in the most unexpected ways.

Here is the most ironic part of this whole drama. Pakistan spent decades building up the Taliban, training them, funding them, and finally helping them captur

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