Pakistan Afghanistan | MCQs

Explanation

According to the Survey of Pakistan 2021, the new length border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is 2611 km

The old length between Pak vs Afghanistan is 2430

Pakistan and Afghanistan are called the Durand Line

The Durand line was drawn in 1893 

Durand line agreement between Mortimer Durand and Abdul Rahman.

Additional information:

Pakistan's total land border is 6219KM long

Pakistan's total land border with Land Border + Sea 7277KM

Land Border + Sea + LOC & Working Boundary 8340 KM

Pakistan borders India 2100 KM long in the east

Afghanistan border is 2,611 KM long in the west (northwest)

Iran border is 909 KM long also in the west

China's long border is situated in the northeast.

The beach of the Arabian Sea 1058 km forms its southern border.

Explanation

Karakar pass is located in: Hindu Kush, KPK

 Important Passes of Pakistan

1. Khyber Pass 

connects: Peshawar to Kabul

connects: Pakistan to Afghanistan

Height 1070 meters, 3510 feet 

2. Bolan Pass 

Connects: JCB and Sibi with Quetta 

Height: 1793 meters, 5884 feet 

3. Lowari Pass 

Connects: Chitral with Dir 

Height: 3118 meters, 10230 feet 

4. Broghil Pass 

Location: Pakistan & Afghanistan border 

Height: 3798 meters, 12460 feet 

5. Malakand Pass 

Connects: Dir with Chitral 

Height: 1362 meters, 4468 feet 

6. Shandur pass

Connects: Gupis/Gilgit with Chitral 

Height: 3700 meters, 12139 feet 

7. Khanjerab Pass (top most in Pakistan) 

Other name: Friendship Gate

Connects: China with Pakistan 

Height: 4693 meters, 15397 feet 

8. Dorah pass

Connects: Badakhshan province of Afghanistan with Chitral 

Height: 4300 meters, 14108 feet 

9. Babusar Pass 

Connects: Mansehra/Abbotabad with Gilgit

10. Kohat Pass

Connects: Kohat with Peshawar 

11. Khojak Pass

Connects: Qilla Abdullah with Chaman

12. Tochi Pass

Connects: Ghazni with Bannu

13. Karakar Pass

Connects: Mingora with Buner 

Explanation

The Durand Line is the 2,611-kilometer (1,622-mile) border between Afghanistan and Pakistan

The common border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is called Durand Line

British signed the Treaty of Durand line with Abur Rehman Khan

The agreement was signed on November 12, 1893, in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The agreement was signed between Sir Mortimer Durand, the Indian Foreign Secretary at the time, and Amir Abdur Rahman Khan in Kabul.

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According to Survey of Pakistan 2020, the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan is 2611 km.

check here: www.surveyofpakistan.gov.pk

We often heard Durand Line length is 2252 KM. But at most of the places, we read 2430 KM.

but right answer is 2611

Explanation

The Geneva Accords, known formally as the agreements on the settlement of the situation relating to Afghanistan,

were signed on 14 April 1988 at the Geneva headquarters of the United Nations,

between Afghanistan and Pakistan,

with the United States and the Soviet Union serving as guarantors. 

Explanation

Explanation

Pakistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan had in Tash­kent in February 2021 signed a roadmap for the construction of almost 600km of Mazar-i-Sharif-Kabul-Pesh­a­war railway line. The project, which is expected to take five years for completion at an estimated cost of $4.8 billion, enjoys the backing of international lending agencies including the World Bank.