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Abstract

The issue of Pakistan-Afghanistan border management is laden with political and historical hitches. In line with the best practice of border control and changing economic future, the inhabitants of the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier are going through a major change in their daily life practice. The withdrawal of the United States and NATO soldiers resulted in a shift in the administrative resolution and general stabilization, although Pakistan's immigration laws further restricted access to its boundary. Access is often difficult due to stringent standards just on the Pakistani side. The accumulation of Pakistan's border controls is so much more critical in curtailing people’s choices and mobility than it would be in controlling commodity flow. The complicated defence scenario seems to have had an impact on the economic well-being of frontier residents, military operations in erstwhile FATA, displacement of people, and currently, underway scepticism of the Afghan community have almost all contributed to a reduction in cross-border mobility in current history. Inhabitants including both nations are paying more for immigration, vital selling and domestic items, welfare and education, new enterprises and job prospects, preserving the community and personal links, and keeping possession of community assets such as property and lumbers split either by barrier. By limiting casual business, the disruption has damaged the existence of underprivileged local entrepreneurs. Low-paid workers and native logistics companies, and even a wide spectrum of migrant workers from Pakistan and Afghanistan, individuals from the area who pertain to a special status tribal cluster that has been once granted permission to them through the rahdari system, as well as the most sensitive community representatives, all follow the same pattern. This investigation aims to look at the socioeconomic challenges that arise as a result of stringent border protection. This study has suggested that imposing stricter rules at crucial crossings affects the surrounding residents' life, so considering these modifications within the frontier legislative framework will lead to initiatives that will credibly and sustainably strengthen development and survival prospects.||Keywords: Durand Line, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Border Management, Fencing, Borderland, Socio-Economic, NATO, US.