The British-drawn boundary between the two countries is disputed by Afghanistan, which doesn't recognize as an international frontier the so-called Durand Line that cuts through the ethnic Pashtun heartland.

WSJ: Afghan, Pakistani Forces Clash

There has been no official Pakistani comment on the latest clashes, but a Pakistani foreign ministry spokesman insisted that the Durand Line was the settled frontier, and that Pakistani checkpoints were vital for good border management.

BBC: Second Afghan-Pakistan border clash in a week

From Willow, where the race clock starts ticking, mushers and their dog teams will begin making their way through unforgiving wilderness toward the finish line in the old frontier town of Nome on Alaska's western coast.

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The British-drawn boundary between the two countries is disputed by Afghanistan, which doesn't recognize the so-called Durand Line that cuts through the ethnic Pashtun heartland as an international frontier.

WSJ: Afghan, Pakistani Forces Clash

Afghan grievances over the frontier with Pakistan date back to its being drawn as the so-called Durand Line by the then colonial power Britain in 1893, the BBC's David Loyn reports from Kabul.

BBC: Second Afghan-Pakistan border clash in a week

In Bukavu, the eastern capital of South Kivu, close to the frontier with Rwanda, a variety of people are now inclined to take a pro-Kabila line.

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