DURAND LINE IN THE CONSIDERATION OF FOREIGN SCIENTISTS

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of his dissertation, he writes as follows: "One of the main problems of the peace-building process in Afghanistan is that the Afghanistan-Pakistan conflict is still very tense. According to Pakistan's position, the Durand Line should be recognized by the Afghan government. The Afghan VOLUME03 ISSUE06 50 JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND HUMANITIES RESEARCH FUNDAMENTALS ISSN: 2748-9345 government and the international community have not developed an effective strategy to overcome these problems” (Tamim, 2010, c.19). Zalmay Halilzod, an American diplomat and foreign policy expert of Afghan origin, served as the US ambassador to Afghanistan in 2004-2005, and as the US special representative for reconciliation in Afghanistan from September 2018 to October 2021. Z. Halilzad in his book entitled "The envoy: from Kabul to the White House, my journey through a turbulent world" makes the following comments about the history of Afghanistan: confirmed that this country has the potential to do great things. "I am especially interested in the work of Abdurakhmon Khan, who built a modern state from 1880 to 1901 and was called the "Iron Amir". He created a centralized, vertically structured state by force of arms and determination, appointed governors of all provinces and expanded the powers of Kabul" (Halilzad, 2016, p.26).