{"id":660,"date":"2021-07-16T13:05:14","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T13:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afghanistan.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=660"},"modified":"2022-06-01T13:28:20","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T13:28:20","slug":"ipri-shared-incorrect-map-of-afghanistan-shows-wakhan-and-pamir-as-pakistani-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afghanistan.factcrescendo.com\/english\/ipri-shared-incorrect-map-of-afghanistan-shows-wakhan-and-pamir-as-pakistani-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"Islamabad Policy Research Institute Shared Incorrect Map of Afghanistan Missing Wakhan and Pamir\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI) has shared a map of Afghanistan to represent the areas occupied by Taliban and the ones in control of the Afghan government. However, these maps did not show Wakhan and Pamir. Wakhan and Pamir in the North East are an integral part of Afghanistan and hence this move invited the ire of angry Afghans on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On May 10, 2021, IPRI has posted the altered map of Afghanistan along with the statistics about the latest Taliban and government controlled districts in the country. The caption of the Facebook post says: \u201cThe map shows which districts in Afghanistan are controlled by the Taliban, contested or under the Afghan government’s control\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the post, roughly 19% of the districts have been attributed to be under control of Taliban at the time of Facebook post. The red color marks \u2018contested control\u2019, white color indicates government control, while the black ones shows about the Taliban control districts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This post has been shared 60 times on Facebook. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To view the post- Facebook Post<\/a>\/ Archive link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The post caused outrage among the Afghan social media users saying that through this, Pakistan intends to occupy Afghanistan\u2019s territory and disrespects its sovereignty and territorial integrity. A Facebook user has posted two altered maps of Afghanistan, the first which had been made by Russian Foreign Ministry previously, and the second one that has been published by IPRI recently. He says: \u201cWakhan has been attributed to Pakistan. Is this a new game?\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Facebook post<\/a>\/ Archive link<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reactions of Afghan social media users can be also read on the comment section of the claim post as below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meanwhile, on March 14 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia (MFA) had shared an altered map of Afghanistan that caused a furore among the Afghan social media users. Later on, it published a correction note saying that the interactive map of the world Earth globe as presented here is schematic and may not provide an accurate representation of national borders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udcac #Zakharova<\/a> On March 18, the special representatives of \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa #Russia<\/a>, \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddf3 #China<\/a>, the \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 #US<\/a> and \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0 #Pakistan<\/a> on the intra-Afghan settlement will meet in #Moscow<\/a>. They will discuss ways to promote the intra-Afghan talks in Doha and stop the armed conflict in \ud83c\udde6\ud83c\uddeb #Afghanistan<\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/s2fRKaNSmH<\/a><\/p>\u2014 MFA Russia \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfa (@mfa_russia) March 12, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote>