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Abstract In 1893 a treaty was founded between Amir of Afghanistan Amir Abdur Rehman Khan and British colonial government in the lead of Sir Henry Mortimer Durand as the secretary of Indian British forces. The main aims of this study that to highlight the impacts of such borderline on the border people like Pashtoon and Baloch, political situation, events and causes. Through this treaty Pashtoon Nation was divided into separate areas, now this unnatural and irregular demarcation is situated in the verse dangerous areas of South Asia. This border line has been shown as the Western international border in the map. British colonial government was drawn this border line for their political influence and militarily objectives. But this settlement influenced the both nations Pashtoon and Baloch which are presiding in the region of Balochistan, Afghanistan, Northern Western states negatively. In other words we can say through this treaty caused differences between the neighboring countries and nations of the region. According to this treaty the geographical sketches also changed. The worse impacts is not only influenced the regional people, but also directly Pakistan and Afghanistan were affected by this treaty. And the flash point still exists between Pakistan and Afghanistan

Amna Tareen, Dr Farooq Baloch. (2020) Durand Line 1893 and Its Impacts on Regional People In Historical Perspective, Balochistan Review, Volume 2, Issue 2.
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