Durand Line
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The Durand Line, also known as the Afghanistan–Pakistan International border, is a 2,640-kilometre international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The western end runs to the border with Iran a
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, British diplomat and civil servant in British India. The Durand Line is named in his honour.
Afghan mujahideen representatives with President Ronald Reagan at the White House in 1983
A U.S. soldier at Torkham border crossing, 2007
US DEA Administrator Karen P. Tandy with Pakistani Frontier Corps and government officials right in front of the Afghan-Pakistani border
Emirate of Afghanistan
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The Emirate of Afghanistan, known as the Principality of Kabul before 1834, and as the Emirate of Kabul until 1855, and also referred to as the Guarded Domains of Afghanistan, the Sublime State of Afg
Durand Line
…to the border with Iran and the eastern end to the border with China. The Durand Line was established in 1893 as the international border between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the British Indian Empire by Mortimer Durand, a British diplomat of the Indian Civil Service, and Abdur Rahman Khan, the Emir of Afghanistan, to…
Shuja Shah Durrani and Men in his decorated palace Wellcome V0050531
Habibullah Khan
Sultan Mohammad Khan. Watercolour by a Company artist, Punjab, ca.1865
Amir Dost Muhammad Khan