Durand line: A Border Recognized By Saiyan0321

Durand Line : A Border Recognized By Saiyan0321 It has become a common Practice for members of the Afghan Jirga or opposition to denounce the Durand line , an internationally recognized boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The recent Chaman-Spin Boldak incident and the continuous border... KABUL: Afghanistan’s military has pushed back a Pakistani forces’ bid to fence a portion of the Durand Line in Kandahar city outskirts and remain on the defensive mode, according to local authorities. Security forces in Spin Boldak district of southern Kandahar province – sharing a porous border with Pakistan – have repelled Pakistani border troops who were attempting to fence the borderline with Afghanistan. Kandahar gubernatorial spokesman, Bahir Ahmad Ahmadi, said Pakistan forces ... Drawing the Durand Line was one of the final acts in the Great Game, the long campaign to stop the Tsars' southward expansion, a phenomenon that also explains Britain's earlier entanglements in Afghanistan - the disastrous wars of 1839-42 and 1878-80. The United States said on Tuesday that Durand Line is the internationally recognised boundary between Pakistan and Afghanistan, as Washington stood by special envoy Ambassador Marc Grossman’s statement reaffirming its position on the 2640-km-long border.