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Afghánistán is situated between parallels 29° and 38° 35′ N. lat., and 60° 50′ and 71° 50′ E. long., with a long narrow strip extending to 75° E. long. (Wákhán). For the boundaries, sее The Statesman’s Year-Book, 1925, pp. 654–55. A new boundary agreement with the Soviet Union was signed in Moscow in June 194C; a joint commission completed the demarcation in Sept. 1948.
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Steinberg, S.H. (1960). Afghánistán. In: Steinberg, S.H. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270893_6
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