What is Durand Line?
[[File:Afghanistan-Pakistan border.png|thumb|The Durand Line (in red) between [[Afghanistan]] and [[British Raj|British India]]. It was named Mortimer Durand, a civil servant of colonial [[British India]].]] The '''Durand Line''' is the international {{convert|2430|km|mi|adj=on|abbr=}} land border between [[Afghanistan]] and [[Pakistan]] in [[South Asia|South]]-[[Central Asia]]. It was established after an 1897 memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Mortimer Durand of [[British Raj|British India]] and Afghan Amir [[Abdur Rahman Khan]]. Referred to as a frontier line, it is named after Mortimer Durand, who was the Foreign Secretary of colonial [[British India]] at the time. Later, Abdur Rahman Khan's successor, Amir [[Habibullah Khan]] signed a new agreement with Britain which again confirmed the legality of the Durand Line.<ref name=diplo/><ref name=firstpost/> King [[Amanullah Khan]] also accepted Durand line as international border between Afghanistan and British India after signing the [[Treaty of Rawalpindi|Anglo-Afghan treaty of 1919]].<ref name=diplo/><ref name=firstpost>{{cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-is-balochistan-important-lets-revisit-the-tale-of-the-durand-line-2958730.html|title=Why is Balochistan important? Let's revisit the tale of the Durand Line|date=16 August 2016|work=FirstPost|author=Rutu Shah|quote= However in 1905, Amir Habibullah Khan • the successor of Abdur Rahman Khan • had signed a new agreement to confirm the legality of Durand Line. This legality was reaffirmed by the•Anglo-Afghan treaty of 1919 (also known as the Rawalpindi agreement) on the basis of which Afghanistan reclaimed its independence. The Kabul agreement of 1921 surpassed even the Rawalpindi agreement and stated that the Durand line will be recognised as an international border.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228003908/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-is-balochistan-important-lets-revisit-the-tale-of-the-durand-line-2958730.html|archive-date=28 December 2017|url-status=live}}</