Friday, January 4, 2019

The Indo-Afghan Border. Holmes

The Indo-Afghan Border. Holmes, Peshawar, ca. 1925. Sepia halftone, Divided back.
The border signboard at Torkham at the end of the Khyber Pass in what was then Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP, now known as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) read: "FRONTIER OF INDIA TRAVELLERS ARE NOT PERMITTED TO PASS THIS NOTICE BOARD UNLESS THEY HAVE COMPLIED WITH THE PASSPORT REGULATIONS."
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