Afghanistan–Iran border
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The Afghanistan–Iran border is the international boundary separating Afghanistan and Iran, stretching from the tripoint with Pakistan in the south to the tripoint with Turkmenistan in the north and encompassing key crossing points such as the area around Zaranj.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Afghanistan–Iran border canonical | 2 |
| Iran–Afghanistan border | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9460454 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Afghanistan–Iran border Context triple: [Zaranj, locatedOn, Afghanistan–Iran border]
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A.
Iran–Pakistan border
The Iran–Pakistan border is an international boundary in Southwest Asia separating Iran and Pakistan, running largely through remote desert and mountainous terrain including Pakistan’s Chagai District.
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B.
Iran–Turkmenistan border
The Iran–Turkmenistan border is an international boundary in Central Asia that runs from the Caspian Sea through river valleys and desert terrain, separating northern Iran from southern Turkmenistan.
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C.
Afghanistan–Tajikistan border
The Afghanistan–Tajikistan border is a mountainous, riverine frontier in Central Asia that separates northern Afghanistan from southern Tajikistan and includes the remote Wakhan Corridor region.
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D.
Afghanistan–Pakistan border
The Afghanistan–Pakistan border, often called the Durand Line, is a historically contentious and porous frontier separating Afghanistan and Pakistan, marked by complex ethnic, political, and security dynamics.
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E.
Iran–Azerbaijan border
The Iran–Azerbaijan border is an international boundary in the South Caucasus separating Iran from the Republic of Azerbaijan, running largely along natural features such as rivers and mountain ranges.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Afghanistan–Iran border Target entity description: The Afghanistan–Iran border is the international boundary separating Afghanistan and Iran, stretching from the tripoint with Pakistan in the south to the tripoint with Turkmenistan in the north and encompassing key crossing points such as the area around Zaranj.
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A.
Iran–Pakistan border
The Iran–Pakistan border is an international boundary in Southwest Asia separating Iran and Pakistan, running largely through remote desert and mountainous terrain including Pakistan’s Chagai District.
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B.
Iran–Turkmenistan border
The Iran–Turkmenistan border is an international boundary in Central Asia that runs from the Caspian Sea through river valleys and desert terrain, separating northern Iran from southern Turkmenistan.
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C.
Afghanistan–Tajikistan border
The Afghanistan–Tajikistan border is a mountainous, riverine frontier in Central Asia that separates northern Afghanistan from southern Tajikistan and includes the remote Wakhan Corridor region.
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D.
Afghanistan–Pakistan border
The Afghanistan–Pakistan border, often called the Durand Line, is a historically contentious and porous frontier separating Afghanistan and Pakistan, marked by complex ethnic, political, and security dynamics.
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E.
Iran–Azerbaijan border
The Iran–Azerbaijan border is an international boundary in the South Caucasus separating Iran from the Republic of Azerbaijan, running largely along natural features such as rivers and mountain ranges.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
international border
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land border ⓘ |
| adjacentTo |
Herat Province
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Nimruz Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Razavi Khorasan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Sistan and Baluchestan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ South Khorasan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderLengthApproxKm | 921 ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| countryBorder |
Afghanistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossesRegion |
Dasht-e Margo
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sistan Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| definedBy |
Anglo-Persian Agreement of 1903
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
subsequent boundary commissions ⓘ |
| endPoint | Afghanistan–Iran–Turkmenistan tripoint NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBorderCrossing |
Islam Qala–Dogharun border crossing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Milak–Zaranj border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaranj border crossing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBorderTown | Zaranj NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasDispute | Helmand River water allocation ⓘ |
| hasIssue |
drug trafficking
ⓘ
refugee movements ⓘ water disputes ⓘ |
| hasNearbyRiver |
Harirud River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Helmand River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTripoint |
Afghanistan–Iran–Pakistan tripoint
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Afghanistan–Iran–Turkmenistan tripoint NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageRegion | Persian-speaking areas ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
South Asia
ⓘ
Western Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| monitoredBy |
Afghan border forces
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iranian border guards ⓘ |
| nearEthnicGroup |
Baloch people
NERFINISHED
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Hazara people NERFINISHED ⓘ Pashtun people NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajik people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| northernTripointWith | Turkmenistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Afghanistan–Iran relations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| securityConcernFor |
Afghanistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separates |
Afghanistan
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| southernTripointWith | Pakistan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startPoint | Afghanistan–Iran–Pakistan tripoint NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor |
migration between Afghanistan and Iran
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trade between Afghanistan and Iran ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Afghanistan–Iran border Description of subject: The Afghanistan–Iran border is the international boundary separating Afghanistan and Iran, stretching from the tripoint with Pakistan in the south to the tripoint with Turkmenistan in the north and encompassing key crossing points such as the area around Zaranj.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.