Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919
Type | Bilateral Treaty |
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Signed | 8 August 1919 |
Location | Rawalpindi, Punjab, British India (present-day Punjab, Pakistan) |
Original signatories |
The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919,Punjab, by the United Kingdom and the Emirate of Afghanistan. Britain recognised Afghanistan's independence (as per Article 5 of the treaty), agreed that British India would not extend past the Khyber Pass and stopped British subsidies to Afghanistan. Afghanistan also accepted all previously agreed border arrangements with British India as per Article 5 of the Anglo-Afghan treaty of 1919.[3][4][5][6][7] Thus, Afghanistan as an independent country agreed to recognise the Durand Line as international border between the two countries.[4][5][7][8]
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-8108-7957-7. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ Khalfin, N. A. "Anglo-Afghan Treaties and Agreements of the 19th and 20th Centuries". Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ a b "Third Afghan War (1919)". National Army Museum. Archived from the original on 8 June 2012. Retrieved 26 June 2012.
- ^ a b Arwin Rahi. "Why the Durand Line Matters". The Diplomat.
- ^ ISBN 978-1-59884-760-4.
- ^ "Foreign Relations of the United States, 1952–1954, Africa and South Asia, Volume XI, Part 2". Office of the Historian. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Naming the line". The News. 13 September 2017.
- ISBN 978-1-5246-0006-8.
Further reading
- ISBN 978-0-71009-101-7.
- Fremont-Barnes, Gregory. The Anglo-Afghan Wars 1839–1919 (2014)
- Tripodi, Christian. "Grand Strategy and the Graveyard of Assumptions: Britain and Afghanistan, 1839–1919." Journal of Strategic Studies 33.5 (2010): 701–725. online
External links
- Treaty Between the British and Afghan Governments. Signed at Kabul, 22 November 1921. Archived 26 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- Original manuscript on official uk govt website