hahahahaha
they didnt know they had that border
hahahahahahaha
for 68 years
hahahaha
that is freakin huge
m

>From: "Grant Hutchison" <granthutchison@...>
>Reply-To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [BoundaryPoint] More on Wakhan
>Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 23:30:01 -0000
>
>Here's Biger on the Wakhan corridor:
>
>"Afghanistan acquired a common boundary with China by the terms of
>the 1895 Anglo-Russian agreement by which the Wakhan strip and Little
>Pamir mountain range became Afghan territory, thus separating the
>possessions of Russia in Central Asia from British India. The Chinese
>government did not participate in the boundary negotiations; in fact,
>it only became aware of the line 68 years later, in 1963. A Sino-
>Afghan boundary was drawn, while China and Pakistan also reached a
>boundary agreement at that time, forming a junction with the Sino-
>Afghan boundary ..."
>
>Grant
>

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