*Durand Line:
The Durand Line is a 2,640 kilometers long 'porous border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Durand Line was set up in 1893 as result of agreement(of a single page containing 7 short articles between Mortimer Durand(Foreign Secretary of British India) and Abdur Rahman khan(Afghan Amir) to clear the limit of their specific areas of influence and to avoid interference.
The following artilce focus on the issue of *Durand Line between Pakistan and Afghanistan by criticizing the untenable claim of Afghan government in relation with that boundary.
Dawn Newspaper Editorial- 28 October, 2012 |
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