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Durand Line

1893 · 19th century

The Durand Line is the border of about 2,640 kilometres between Afghanistan and Pakistan, fixed in an 1893 agreement between Emir Abdur Rahman Khan and Sir Mortimer Durand, foreign secretary of British India. It divided Pashtun and Baloch tribal lands between the two states, and successive Afghan governments have refused to recognise it as an international boundary.

Durand Line
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Emirate of Afghanistan

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Durand Line. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/durand-line
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