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Afghánistán is a country of Asia lying between parallels 29° and 38° 35′ of north latitude, and 60° 50′ and 74° 50′ of east longitude, with along narrow strip extending to 75° east longitude (Wákhán). For the boundaries, see The Statesman’s Year-Book. for 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, see The Statesman’s Year-Book for 1916, pp. 662–3.

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M. Epstein M.A., Ph.D. (Fellow of the Royal Geographical, of the Royal Statistical, and of the Royal Economic Societies)

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© 1934 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited

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Epstein, M. (1934). Afghánistán. In: Epstein, M. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270633_7

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