10 Facts About Durand Line

Durand Line was established in 1893 as the international border between India and the Emirate of Afghanistan by Mortimer Durand, a British diplomat of the Indian Civil Service, and Abdur Rahman Khan, the Afghan Emir, to fix the limit of their respective spheres of influence and improve diplomatic relations and trade.

In 1893, Mortimer Durand Line was dispatched to Kabul by the government of British India to sign an agreement with Amir Abdur Rahman Khan for fixing the limits of their respective spheres of influence as well as improving diplomatic relations and trade.

The original 1893 Durand Line Agreement was written in English, with translated copies in Dari.

Durand Line triggered a long-running controversy between the governments of Afghanistan and the British Indian Empire, especially after the outbreak of the Third Anglo-Afghan War when Afghanistan's capital and its eastern city of Jalalabad were bombed by the No 31 and No 114 Squadrons of the British Royal Air Force in May 1919.

Durand Line made this declaration while he was on an official visit to Islamabad, Pakistan.

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The western part of the Durand Line meanwhile is lower and sparse, consisting of the Registan Desert.

The Durand Line Agreement makes no mention of a time limit, thus suggesting the treaty has no expiry date.

Press statements from 2005 to 2007 by former Pakistani President Musharraf calling for the building of a fence on the Durand Line have been met with resistance from numerous Pashtun political parties in Afghanistan.

Much of the northern and central Durand line is quite mountainous, where crossing the border is often only practical in the numerous passes through the mountains.

The Durand Line is marked by 235 crossing points, many of which had been susceptible to illegal immigration.