This is largely because Afghanistan refuses to recognise the frontier-known as the Durandline-between the countries, drawn by the British.
很大程度上是因为阿富汗人拒绝承认杜兰德线- - -位于两国之间,由英国划分的边界。
2
Much of the tension has arisen from a longstanding dispute between Pakistan and Afghanistan over the Durandline, the 117-year-old colonial boundary they still contest.
During period of British intervention, ethnic Pashtun territories were divided by the DurandLine; such a division led to strained relations between Afghanistan and British India and later, Pakistan.