The kindle and paperback editions of IPS Press publication ‘Revisiting the Durand Line: Historical and Legal Perspectives‘ are now available at Kindle and Amazon stores for purchase world.
Authored by an independent researcher Lutfur Rehman, the book focuses on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border dispute which has been a source of tension between the two countries for more than seven decades. This research is unique in the sense that it contains all the original maps which were exchanged in Kabul in November 1893 following the border agreement between the ruler of Afghanistan Ameer Abdur Rahman Khan and British Indian official Mortimer Durand.
Primary data have been extensively used to explain the real and true perspective of this border. This frontier was demarcated by joint boundary commissions from time to time. Reports of British commissioners have been consulted and quoted. This is perhaps for the first time that these reports were explored and utilized. It is generally believed that Ameer Abdur Rahman signed the treaty under “duress”. This book dispels the impression. It also contains the history of Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s tribal districts (former FATA), and the former princely states of Chitral, Dir, and Swat. Different phases of Afghan history and status of the Durand Agreement under international law have also been discussed. Furthermore, international conventions have been cited to elucidate the issue and to facilitate the readers.
