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Much of the northern and central Durand line is quite mountainous, where crossing the border is often only practical in the numerous passes through the mountains. Border crossing is very common, especially among Pashtuns who cross to meet relatives or to work. The movement of people across the border
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were fired from Pakistan, hitting civilian targets inside Afghanistan. The Afghan statement claimed that attacks by Pakistan resulted in the deaths of 42 Afghan civilians, including 30 men and 12 women and girls, wounded 55 others and destroyed 120 homes. Although Pakistan claimed it was an accident
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has seen with regret the disagreements between the Governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan about the status of the territories on the North West Frontier. It is His Majesty's Government's view that Pakistan is in international law the inheritor of the rights and duties of the old Government of India
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not only refuses to recognise the Durand Line as the international border between the two countries, it claims that the Pashtun territories of Pakistan rightly belong to Afghanistan. The Durand Line Agreement makes no mention of a time limit, thus suggesting the treaty has no expiry date. In 2004,
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The members of the Council declared that their governments recognised that the sovereignty of Pakistan extends up to the Durand Line, the international boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan, and it was consequently affirmed that the Treaty area referred to in Articles IV and VIII of the Treaty
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movement advocated a united India, and not a united Afghanistan – highlighting the extent to which infrastructure and instability together began to erode Pashtun self-identification with Afghanistan. By the time of independence, popular opinion amongst Pashtuns was split amongst the majority who
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quickly removed them and began shelling Pakistani positions. Leaders in Pakistan said the fencing was a way to prevent Taliban militants from crossing over between the two nations, but Afghan President Hamid Karzai believed that it is Islamabad's plan to permanently separate the Pashtun tribes.
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If they don't stop, the consequences will be ... that the region will suffer with us equally. In the past we have suffered alone; this time everybody will suffer with us.... Any effort to divide Afghanistan ethnically or weaken it will create the same thing in the neighboring countries. All the
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calling for the building of a fence on the Durand Line have been met with resistance from numerous Pashtun political parties in Afghanistan. Pashtun politicians in Afghanistan strenuously object to even the existence of the Durand Line border. In 2006 Afghan President Hamid Karzai warned that
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the barrier is also necessary to block the infiltration of militants across the border. As of January 2019, 900 km has been completed. The Durand Line is marked by 235 crossing points, many of which had been susceptible to illegal immigration. The project is predicted to cost at least $
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goods. Kidnappings and murders are frequent. Militants frequently cross the border from both sides to conduct attacks. In June 2011 more than 500 Taliban militants entered Upper Dir area from Afghanistan and killed more than 30 Pakistani security forces. Police said the attackers targeted a
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After the collapse of the pro-Soviet Afghan government in 1992, Pakistan, despite Article 2 of the Durand Line Agreement which states "The Government of India will at no time exercise interference in the territories lying beyond this line on the side of Afghanistan", attempted to create a
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in which 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed. In response to that incident, Pakistan decided to cut off all NATO supply lines as well as boost border security by installing anti-aircraft guns and radars to monitor air activity. Regarding the Durand Line, some rival maps are said to display
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and made them Muslims. Concurrently, Afridi tribesmen began rising up in arms against the British, creating a zone of instability between Peshawar and the Durand Line. Further, frequent skirmishes and wars between the Afghanistan and India starting in the 1870s made travel between
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The United States and other NATO states often ignored this sensitive issue, likely because of potential effects on their war strategy in Afghanistan. Their involvement could have strained relations and jeopardized their own national interests in the area. This came after the
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to check movement of terrorists and smugglers across border into Pakistan from Afghanistan. Plans to expand this trench/ berm/ fence work were announced in March 2017. The plans also included building 338 checkpoints and forts along the border by 2019.
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was signed in 1880. Afghanistan ceded control of various frontier areas to India. The British failed in their objective to maintain a British resident in Kabul but having attained their other geopolitical objectives, the British withdrew.
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Aimal Faizi, spokesman for the Afghan President, stated in October 2012 that the Durand Line is "an issue of historical importance for Afghanistan. The Afghan people, not the government, can take a final decision on it."
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in response to cross-border fire from the Afghan side. In response, the Afghan government declared that it recognised "neither the imaginary Durand nor any similar line" and that all previous Durand Line agreements were
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Pakistan's decision to close the border was to force Afghanistan to take action against militant groups who were using Afghanistan's soil to carry out cross-border attacks against Pakistan. An Afghan diplomat at the
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In July 2003, Pakistani and Afghan forces clashed over border posts. The Afghan government claimed that the Pakistani military established bases up to 600 meters inside Afghanistan in the Yaqubi area near bordering
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The border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan has long been one of the most dangerous places in the world, due largely to very little government control. It is legal and common in the region to carry guns, and
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No Man's Land – Where the imperialists' Great Game once unfolded, tribal allegiances have made for a "soft border" between Afghanistan and Pakistan – and a safe haven for smugglers, militants and
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The governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan are both trying to extend the rule of law into the border areas. At the same time, the United States is reviewing the Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZ)
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and a delegation of about 95 Taliban visited Pakistan. The Taliban refused to endorse the Durand Line despite pressure from Islamabad, arguing that there shall be no borders among Muslims. When the
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Where the imperialists' Great Game once unfolded, tribal allegiances have made for a "soft border" between Afghanistan and Pakistan—and a safe haven for smugglers, militants and terrorists
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border, including naming the "Durand Line 2310 km (1893)" as an "International Boundary Line" on their home page. However, a map in an article from the Pashtun-dominated
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The two high contracting parties mutually accept the Indo-Afghan frontier as accepted by the Afghan Government under Article V of the Treaty concluded on August 8, 1919
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Recurrent claims that (the) Durand Treaty expired in 1993 are unfounded. Cartographic depictions of boundary conflict with each other, but Treaty depictions are clear.
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The initial and primary demarcation, a joint Indo-Afghan survey and mapping effort, covered 1,300 kilometres (800 mi) and took place from 1894 to 1896. Detailed
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But Afghanistan has never accepted the legitimacy of this border, arguing that it was intended to demarcate spheres of influence rather than international frontiers.
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almost impossible. As a result, travel across the boundary was almost entirely halted. Further, the British recruited tens of thousands of local Pashtuns into the
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and just routine anti-Taliban operations, some analysts believe that it could have been a show of strength by Islamabad. For example, a senior official at the
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and away from Kabul. By the time of Indian independence, political opinion was divided into those who supported a homeland for Muslim Indians in the shape of
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to China, including the Wakhan Corridor, was declared demarcated by virtue of its continuous, distinct watershed ridgeline, leaving only the section near the
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The two countries are major trade partners, and therefore the various border crossings are economically important for the wider region, particularly the
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Nearly a dozen missiles were fired from Pakistan into Afghanistan's southeastern Khost province over the past 24 hours, border police said on Friday.
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as well as improving diplomatic relations and trade. On 12 November 1893, the Durand Line Agreement was reached. The two parties later camped at
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survey took place starting from 1894, covering some 800 miles (1,300 km) of the border. Established towards the end of the British–Russian "
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Presented at the Shambaugh Conference "Building Synergies: Institutions and Cooperation in World Politics," University of Iowa, 13 October 2006.
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and local defence militias suffered deadly cross-border raids. In response the Pakistani military shelled some Afghan villages in Afghanistan's
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and improve diplomatic relations and trade. Britain considered Afghanistan to be an independent state at the time, although they controlled its
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recognised Durand Line as international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. He made this declaration while he was on an official visit to
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does not recognize Durand Line as its international border. No Afghan government has recognized the Durand Line as its border since 1947.
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are located along the border: Nimroz, Helmand, Kandahar, Zabul, Paktika, Khost, Paktia, Logar, Nangarhar, Kunar, Nuristan and Badakhshan.
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Although the Durand Line is internationally recognized as the western border of Pakistan, it remains largely unrecognized in Afghanistan.
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supports, the position that it should not require an agreement to set the boundary; courts in several countries around the world and the
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In June 2016, Pakistan announced that it had completed 1,100 km of trenches along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border (Durand Line) in
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As of 21 January 2022 the interior minister of Pakistan stated that only 20 km of fencing remains and it will be completed soon .
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countries in the neighborhood have the same ethnic groups that we have, so they should know that it is a different ball game this time.
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I'm speculating, but natural possibilities include a signal to Karzai and to (the United States) that we can't push Pakistan too hard.
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and of his Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom in these territories and that the Durand Line is the international frontier.
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Shortly after demarcation of the Durand Line, the British began connecting the region on their side of the Durand Line to the
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explained that because the shelling was of such a large scale, it was more likely a warning from Pakistan than an accident.
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and stationed them throughout India and southeast Asia. Exposure to India, combined with the ease of travel eastwards into
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The single-page Agreement, dated 12 November 1893, contains seven short articles, including a commitment not to exercise
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and the difficulty of travel towards Afghanistan, led many Pashtuns to orient themselves towards the heartlands of
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The complete 20-page text of these detailed joint Indo-Afghan demarcation surveys is available in several sources.
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to enforce such a declaration due to both nations being constantly busy in wars with their other neighbours (See
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India also claims to have a border with Afghanistan on the eastern part of the Durand Line due to its claim on
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range. These are regions of extreme high elevation, hence much of the Durand Line is bounded by mountains. The
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in May 1919. Afghan rulers reaffirmed in the 1919, 1921, and 1930 treaties to accept the Indo-Afghan frontier.
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or Pakistan. Further, by the time of the Indian independence movement, prominent Pashtun nationalists such as
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Pashtun people living on the border with Afghanistan were given only the choice of becoming a part either of
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1934 Afghanistan & Britain exchange of treaty notes, borders in the neighbourhood of Arnawai and Dokalim
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ordered the reopening of Afghanistan–Pakistan border as a "goodwill gesture", 32 days after it was closed.
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by Afghan forces and the resulting exchange of fire between the two sides, the border was closed again.
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wished to join the newly formed state of Pakistan, and the minority who wished to become a part of the
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said that Afghanistan will "never recognise" the Durand Line as the border between the two countries.
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Hay, Maj. W. R. (October 1933). "Demarcation of the Indo-Afghan Boundary in the Vicinity of Arandu".
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maps locating hundreds of boundary demarcation pillars were soon published and are available in the
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to the Pashtuns. It is believed that some of the early Arabs also settled among the Pashtuns in the
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Jeffery J. Roberts, The Origins of Conflict in Afghanistan (Westport, Conn: Praeger, 2003), p. 121.
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was one of two secret service agencies believed to have been conducting bombings in parts of the
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No one will recognize it. It cannot separate the nation. The line has not separated the nation.
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Natural Resources in Afghanistan: Geographic and Geologic Perspectives on Centuries of Conflict
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by providing jobs to a large number of the population on both sides of the Durand Line border.
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and explosives are common. Many forms of illegal activities take place, such as smuggling of
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Pakistan inherited the 1893 agreement and the subsequent 1919 Treaty of Rawalpindi after the
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between British and Russian interests in the region. The line, as slightly modified by the
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checkpost, destroyed two schools and several houses, while killing a number of civilians.
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from the Afghan side to hit terrorist targets on the Pakistani side of the Durand Line.
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are at times checked at official crossings. In June 2011 the United States installed a
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between the governments of Afghanistan and India, especially after the outbreak of the
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perspective, it has been described as one of the most dangerous borders in the world.
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1919 (May), the outbreak of Third Anglo-Afghan War. British bomb Kabul and Jalalabad;
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A spokesperson for U.S. State Department's Office of the Geographer and Global Issues
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declaration by one party has no effect; boundary changes must be made bilaterally.
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The resulting agreement or treaty led to the creation of a new province called the
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also pointed out that the Durand Line Agreement has no mention of an expiry date.
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provinces resulting in a number of Afghan civilians being killed. Afghanistan's
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The Durand Line was established in 1893 as the international border between the
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held its view on the Afghan-Pakistan dispute over the Durand Line by stating:
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and the war ended. The British again invaded Afghanistan in 1878, during the
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Clash erupts between Afghan, Pakistani forces over border fence – South Asia
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The Afghan Government accepts the Indo–Afghan frontier accepted by the late
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Pashtuns on both sides of Pak-Afghan border show opposition to fencing plan
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From the British-Indian side, the camp was attended by Mortimer Durand and
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Article II of the November 22, 1921 finalising of the Treaty of Rawalpindi
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Signing of the Durand Line Agreement at the end of the first phase of the
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A detailed study paper by the European Foundation for South Asian Studies
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admin interview with former President Hamid Karzai (2 September 2016).
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organization of Pakistan, the group accused of the 1981 hijacking of a
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and government officials right in front of the Afghan-Pakistani border
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all cross the Durand Line. At the very western end of the line is the
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to be finally demarcated in the treaty of 22 November 1921, signed by
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The area through which the Durand Line runs has been inhabited by the
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By John F. Shroder. Elselvier, San Diego, California, USA. 2014. p290
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End of Imaginary Durrand Line: North Pakistan belongs to Afghanistan
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as early as the 10th century. The Pashtun area (known today as the "
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of northern and western Pakistan from the northeastern and southern
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that is also the main land connection between Central Asia and the
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Humanitarian Invasion: Global Development in Cold War Afghanistan
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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check travellers' passports at Torkham Gate in Nangarhar province
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that binding bilateral agreements are "passed down" to successor
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and Kabul. Pakistan believes, and international convention under
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Culture, Politics Hinder U.S. Effort to Bolster Pakistani Border
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United Nations Good Offices Mission in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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Hensel, Paul R.; Michael E. Allison and Ahmed Khanani (2006)
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when Afghanistan's capital (Kabul) and its eastern city of
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by the Government of India to sign an agreement with Amir
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and infiltration across the Durand Line. According to
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The Durand Line Agreement (1893): Its Pros and Cons
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Index


Afghanistan
Pakistan
Second Anglo-Afghan War
Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919
Third Anglo-Afghan War
Treaty of Gandamak
Treaty of Rawalpindi
Pashto
Urdu
Dari
international border
Afghanistan
Pakistan
South Asia
Iran
China
Emirate of Afghanistan
British Indian Empire
Mortimer Durand
Indian Civil Service
Abdur Rahman Khan
Emir of Afghanistan
spheres of influence
foreign affairs
diplomatic relations
interference
demarcation
Great Game
buffer zone

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