2025 · Q19
The ‘Durand Line’ is a border demarcation that separates which of the following countries?
General KnowledgeGeography
- AAfghanistan and Iran
- BAfghanistan and Pakistan
- CIndia and Pakistan
- DAfghanistan and China
Explanation
The Durand Line, demarcated in 1893 through an agreement between British India's Mortimer Durand and Afghanistan's Amir Abdur Rahman Khan, is the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Afghanistan has never formally accepted it as an international boundary, while Pakistan regards it as the settled border. It was drawn through the 1893 agreement and is treated by Pakistan as the settled international boundary.