What was the history of Afghanistan’s Independence?
Was there any border or boundary line issue with any country?
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Re: Afghanistan Independence
Independence Day in Afghanistan refers to independence from the British and British machinations in the region. Technically, Afghanistan was never part of the British Empire but did fight three wars with Britain from 1839 to 1919. In the first war, which began in 1839 and ended with a British defeat in 1842, British forces were defeated and made a complete withdrawal from Afghanistan.
The second war, which lasted from 1878 to 1880, ended with a British victory at the Battle of Kandahar. Interestingly though, despite their victory, most of the British troops withdrew from Afghanistan shortly after. However, under the Treaty of Gandomak, Afghanistan ceded control of certain areas along the frontier (with what was then British India) to Britain. These areas lie in what is now Pakistan and include much of KPK and parts of Balochistan and FATA. In addition to those concessions, Afghanistan also had to cede control of its foreign relations to the British.
The Third Anglo-Afghan War was rather short lived and only lasted from the May 6, 1919 to August 8, 1919 and ended in an armistice. Following this, Afghanistan regained control of its foreign affairs and was able to again conduct foreign affairs as a fully sovereign state and for the British, this reaffirmed the validity of the Durrand Line.
Re: Afghanistan Independence
Afghanistan was freed from Persian-Safavid rule in 1709 by Mirwais Hotak. Hotak Pashtuns even conquered Persia in 1722 and ruled it till 1729. But they began to lose territories to Nadir Shah afshar and lost their independence when Nadir shah conquered kandahar in 1738.
The modern Afghanistan came into being in 1747 under Ahmad Shah Abdali. After that Afghanistan has successfully maintained its independence but at the cost of losing large chunks of territories to British empire, Persia and Russian empire.
Border issues with Persia were on Herat and Sistan and three wars were fought over it. With russian empire, the armed conflict happened over territories of modren day turkmenistan in 1885 and with british empire over modern day KPK, FATA and Balochistan.
For a period ,amir abdul rehman handed over control of foreign policy of Afghanistan to the British empire, from 1880 to 1919, in exchange of monetary and military assistance. Through third anglo-afghan war 1919, Afghanistan gained control of her foreign affairs again.
Re: Afghanistan Independence
is afghanistan independent at at present? 
Re: Afghanistan Independence
Afghanistan is located at such a crossroad that people will keep on disturbing it