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1893 CE · diplomacy international

Durand Line Established

In 1893, British Indian foreign secretary Mortimer Durand and Afghan Amir Abdur Rahman Khan concluded an agreement defining a frontier between the Afghan ruler's sphere and British-controlled territories. Much of that line later became the Afghanistan–Pakistan border after the partition of British India.

Durand Line Established
Durand Line Established

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