Sir Mortimer Durand

Sir Mortimer Durand was a British diplomat and statesman who served as the foreign secretary of British India in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for creating the Durand Line in 1893, a border agreement between British India and Afghanistan. This boundary divided Afghanistan's territory between the two regions, but it also divided the Pashtun and Baloch peoples, leading to ongoing regional issues. Durand's work significantly shaped the political map of South-Central Asia and influenced relations between India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.