Durand Line Agreement

12 November 1893 · Kabul

Pakistan & South Asia

Background

Amir Abdur Rahman agreed to the line under British pressure to fix the limits of Afghan and British influence. It cut through Pashtun and Baloch tribal lands. After 1947 Pakistan inherited it as an international border, while Afghan governments have disputed it; Pakistan has since fenced most of its length.

Signed by

British India (Sir Mortimer Durand) and Afghanistan (Amir Abdur Rahman Khan)

Why it matters

Drew the roughly 2,600 km border between British India and Afghanistan, today the Pakistan–Afghanistan border; Afghanistan has never formally accepted it.