Throughout the colonial period there was a marked shortage of women, which varied with the regions and was always greatest in the frontier areas.

整个殖民时期，女性人数明显不足，各地情况不尽相同，在边远地区尤其缺少。

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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.

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