• Annotatsiya

Afghanistan and Pakistan are a few neighboring countries whose diplomatic relations have been based on political tensions from the beginning and their ruling regimes have always fueled these tensions by adopting aggressive strategies. These two neighboring countries have the highest level of social and cultural commonality, and tribal and racial ties. An important issue that has affected the relations between both countries and has caused the continuation of political tensions is one of the territorial claims and Pashtunistan of the Afghan rulers and the other is the defensive strategy of the Pakistani government based on covert and open interference in Afghanistan's internal affairs. The tensest period in the foreign policy of both countries was during the presidency of Mohammad Dawood, whose stance in supporting the Pashtuns on the other side of the Durand Line caused the severance of political relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan. After the resignation of Mohammad Dawood and the coming to power of Dr. Mohammad Yusuf, the relations between Afghanistan and Pakistan have resumed, and the purpose of this research is to describe and analyze Afghanistan's foreign relations with Pakistan during the presidency of Dr. Mohammad Yusuf Khan. After a round of hostile relations, how did Afghanistan and Pakistan resume diplomatic relations, and based on which political mechanisms? It is the most important question that this research has answered by using documents, books, and scientific articles in an analytical-descriptive way. The result of the research shows that during the presidency of Dr. Mohammad Yusuf Khan, the Afghan government avoided taking tense positions in foreign relations with Pakistan and considering the expediency and understanding of the importance of the sense of neighborliness in diplomatic relations, it wanted to end the claim of Pashtunistan to consolidate national interests and It has been to prevent the political sovereignty in the country from being endangered.