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Durand line

The Durand line between Pakistan and Afghanistan

The Durand Line (Pashto: د ډیورنډ کرښه‎) is the 2,430-kilometre (1,510 mi) international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan (AFPAK in the american terminology) . It was established the 12 November 1893 between Sir Mortimer Durand, a British diplomat and civil servant of British India, and Abdur Rahman Khan, the Afghan Amir, to fix the limit of their respective spheres of influence and improve diplomatic relations and trade. It artificially divides Pashtun tribes which share the same language and social organization, therefore it is difficult to control.

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