Afghanistan and Pakistan have a long disputed border called the Durand Line. Despite the Taliban’s close relationship with Pakistan where most of their leaders were based before Aug. 15, the group has said that the Afghans don’t agree with the Durand Line. Experts said the Taliban’s statement is an indication of the continuity of the great game that has defined the geopolitics in the region that started with threats to conquer British India in 1798. The Durand Line was created to stop those threats. The Durand Line is a 1660-miles-long boundary drawn by colonial Britain that pushed 40,000 square miles of Afghan territory into colonial India’s map in 1893, sealing the boundaries of Britain’s most prized, economy-driving colony from anyone who was their enemy, according to Amb. Rajeev Dogra, the author of the acclaimed book, “Durand’s Curse: A-Line Across the Pathan Heart.” “Ever since, Afghan governments have protested against it because …