Taliban Ramps Up Defences Along Durand Line as Its Army Chief Warns Pakistan Against Fencing Border

While the Durand Line is recognised as the international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, Kabul has never recognised the de-facto boundary, which was established by British colonialists in 1893. Fugitive Afghan leader Ashraf Ghani, in 2017, said that Afghanistan would "never accept" the Durand Line.