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News: Recently, Pakistan has enforced the expulsion of Afghan migrants which has brought the Durand Line in news.

What is the Durand Line?
• The Durand Line is the international border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, spanning approximately 2,670 kilometers (or 1,660 miles) in South Asia.
• The western end of the line runs to the border with Iran, and the eastern end to the border with China.
• The Durand Line was established in 1893 as the international border between India and Afghanistan by Mortimer Durand, a British diplomat of the Indian Civil Service, and Abdur Rahman Khan, the Afghan Emir.
• The Durand Line cuts through to demarcate Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan of northern and western Pakistan from the northeastern and southern provinces of Afghanistan. From a geopolitical and geostrategic perspective, it has been described as one of the most dangerous borders in the world.
• Although the Durand Line is internationally recognized as the western border of Pakistan, it remains largely unrecognized in Afghanistan