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How Durand Line has influenced ties between Afghanistan, Pakistan

Afghanistan has never recognised the Durand Line and the current Taliban regime has also clashed with Pakistan on the issue.

Drawn by British diplomat Mortimer Durand in 1893, while Pakistan was still part of the British Indian Empire, the Durand Line is the de facto border between Afghanistan and Pakistan and is legacy of British colonial rule.

Notably, the split remains problematic issue between  the  two  countries  to  this  day  because Afghanistan has never recognized the Durand Line.

Strategic affairs analysts believe that the current rift along the Durand Line, or the Torkham border as such, is more closely related to the profound decline in connections between the Taliban and Pakistan.

Three civilians in Afghanistan were killed on Monday as consequence of