Afghanistan–Pakistan relations

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Afghanistan and Pakistan have maintained diplomatic relations since 1948. Following the independence of Dominion of Pakistan through the partition of British India in August 1947, the Kingdom of Afghanistan was the sole country to vote against Pakistan's admission into the United Nations, though withdrew from the negative vote days later in October 1947. However, the Afghan government under King Zahir Shah (r. 1933–1973) began providing support to Pashtun nationalist movements within Pakistan and, in 1952, published a tract laying claim to Pashtun-dominated regions of northwestern and southwestern Pakistan. This prevented normalised ties from emerging between the two states. The internationally recognized border between the two states, known as the Durand Line, was rejected by Pashtun-led governments in monarchist and later communist Afghanistan. In 1960, the Afghan military under Prime Minister Daoud Khan launched an unsuccessful invasion in Bajaur, Pakistan, in an effort to take some...

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