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Members may be interested in the following Pakistani book, now available from distributor DK Agencies (www.dkagencies.com) in New Delhi. The following is taken from DK's latest catalogue The durand line, its geo-strategic importance / Azmat Hayat Khan ; editor, M.Y. Effendi. -- 3rd ed. -- Peshawar : Area Study Centre (Russia, China & Central Asia), University of Peshawar and Hanns Seidel Foundation, [Islamabad], c2005. xix, 341 p. : maps (some folded) ; 23 cm. EUR35.30 USD48.05 DKPAK-1463 This book analyses the geo-strategic importance of the Durand Line, drawn in 1893 between the British Indian Government and Afghanistan, and its complications for Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. It studies the compromise which geopolitical compulsions imposed upon the British in first defining an effective international border, a buffer state and a security system for the defence of the Indian Empire. Further hypothesizing the Pukhtoonistan issue as the main cause of strained Pak-Afghan relations, it tries to establish a link between the domestic determinants and foreign policies of the two countries. Dr Brendan Whyte Ubon Ratchathani University THAILAND _________________________________________________________________ Explore the seven wonders of the world http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=7+wonders+world&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE