The Durand Line was demarcated by the British and signed into a treaty in 1893 with the Afghan ruler Amir Abdur Rehman Khan. The treaty was to stay in force for a 100-year period. According to Afrasiab Khattak, a political analyst, the areas from the Khayber Agency Northwards to Chitral, however, remained un-demarcated.
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www.afghanistans.com/Information/History/Durandline.htm
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Durand Line Agreement; (November 12, 1893) Agreement between Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, G. C. S. I., and Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, K. C. I. E., C. S. I. The Government of India will at no time exercise interference in the territories lying beyond this line on the side of Afghanistan, and His Highness the Amir will at no...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Durand Line (boundary, Asia), boundary established in the Hindu Kush in 1893 running through the tribal lands...
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End of Imaginary Durand Line The Durand Line; Afghanland.com - The British presented a signed document with the person of King Abdul Rahman Khan in 1893 referring to the borders between Afghanistan and British India. DURAND LINE AGREEMENT...
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The Durand Line by Wendy Johnson: a uniquely compelling tale of intrigue set in Pakistan's wild west. En route to a famed and troubled border known as the Durand Line, an American photographer witnesses the murder of her Afghan friend. She also finds herself holding the currency for one of his business transactions:
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North West Frontier Province Governor Owais Ghani says three helicopter gunships and commandos based in Afghanistan raided homes in the Birmal area of South Waziristan, Few details are known about the incident. American officials in Pakistan and NATO officials in Afghanistan have not commented on the reported strike.
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By Raja Asghar ; ISLAMABAD, April 28: A political truce held on for the second consecutive working day of the National Assembly on Monday as the lower house adjourned for two days to express sorrow at a colleague’s death and to back up government-opposition talks to settle their row on But outside the House,
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The heart of the Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgency is in Balochistan, the Northwest Frontier Province and the tribal belt along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, known as the Durand Line.
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The primary reason for this is the legacy ofthe Durand Line which was drawn as part of an agreement signed on 12 November 1893 between the then ruler of Afghanistan, Abdur Rahman Shah, and Sir Mortimer Durand, the foreign secretary of the colonial government of India.
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