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Since its independence in 1947, Pakistan's foreign policy has encompassed difficult relations with the neighbouring Soviet Union (USSR) who maintained a close military and ideological interaction with the neighbouring countries such as Afghanistan (in the West) and India (in East). [25]
Pakistan shares its borders with four neighboring countries—People's Republic of China, Afghanistan, India, and Iran while Tajikistan is separated by the thin Wakhan Corridor—adding up to about 7,307 km (4,540.4 mi) in length (excluding the coastal area).
Pakistan has deployed its military in some Arab countries, providing defense, training, and advisory roles. [373] The PAF and Navy's fighter pilots served in Arab nations' militaries against Israel in the Six-Day War and the Yom Kippur War. [374] Pakistani special forces assisted Saudi forces in Mecca during the Grand Mosque Seizure. [375]
The Khunjerab Pass is the only modern-day border crossing between China and Pakistan which can be accessed via the Karakoram Highway.The actual immigration of the respective countries is cleared in Sost, Pakistan and Tashkurgan, China, around 100 kilometres (62 mi) from the Khunjerab Pass.
Pakistan – sovereign country located in South Asia. It has a 1,200 kilometres (750 mi) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan & Tajikistan in the west, Iran in the southwest, India in the east and China in the far northeast.
India and Pakistan, particularly Northern India and Eastern Pakistan, to some degree have similar cultures, cuisines and languages due to common Indo-Aryan heritage which spans through the two countries and throughout much of the northern subcontinent which also underpin the historical ties between the two.
Afghanistan–Pakistan relations refer to the bilateral ties between Afghanistan and Pakistan.In August 1947, the partition of British India led to the emergence of Pakistan along Afghanistan's eastern frontier, and the two countries have since had a strained relationship; Afghanistan was the sole country to vote against Pakistan's admission into the United Nations following the latter's ...
Countries by land border length Antarctica and countries in purple are those without any land border. This list gives the number of distinct land borders of each country or territory, as well as the neighboring countries and territories. The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [1]