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Afghánistán is a country of Asia lying between parallels 29° and 83° 35′ of north latitude, and 60° 50′ and 74° 50′ of east longitude, with a long narrow strip extending to 75° east longitude (Wákhán). For the boundaries, see The Statesman’S Year-Book, 1925, pp. 654–55; for the treaty of November, 1921, see THE STATESMAN’S YEAR-BOOK, 1928, p. 642; and for earlier British relations with Afghanistan, which began in 1809, see THE Statesman’S Year-Book, 1916, pp. 662–63.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1948). Afghánistán. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270770_3
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