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The Gate of Friendship at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

Pakistan-Afghanistan's 'Gate of Friendship'

Agence-France Presse AFP - Global [28,579]

CHAMAN, Pakistan, May 13, 2003 - It was supposed to unite, instead it divides: the "Gate of Friendship", a new border post linking south-west Pakistan with south-east Afghanistan today symbolises the...

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The Gate of Friendship at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. An elderly Pakistani man drives his donkey cart crossing the Gate of Friendship, a new border post linking south-west Pakistan with south-east Afghanistan in Chaman. The new border gate was founded 300 meters further away towards Afghanistan than the previous one. The Pakistani authorities said they only returned to the Durand Line border abandonned after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but the Afghan population claim it has been build inside Afghanistan. Young Pakistani labours wait for customers at the old border gate between Pakistan and Afghanistan in Chaman. A new gate named Gate of Friendship, a new border post linking south-west Pakistan with south-east Afghanistan was founded 300 meters further away towards Afghanistan than the previous one. The Pakistani authorities said they only returned to the Durand Line border abandonned after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but the Afghan population claim it has been build inside Afghanistan. Pakistani labours load trucks with sacks of flours to export to Afghanistan in Chaman. A new gate named Gate of Friendship, a new border post linking south-west Pakistan with south-east Afghanistan was founded 300 meters further away towards Afghanistan than the previous one. The Pakistani authorities said they only returned to the Durand Line border abandonned after the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, but the Afghan population claim it has been build inside Afghanistan.
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