AFGHANISTAN. 175 years on...........and STILL Fighting.

[1938 Observer]

The British have tried it,! the Russians tried it! the US [and the "Willing"] tried it!.................I have a feeling the Afghans do not like other people in their country????


Here is a good background from way back......maybe of interest to those who ponder on history..........and the waste of lives


Just a snippet


Battle of Kabul and the retreat to Gandamak


The disastrous culmination in January 1842 to the British invasion of Afghanistan in the First Afghan War............................ The previous battle in the First Afghan War is the Battle of Ghuznee

The next battle in the First Afghan War is the Siege of Jellalabad

To the First Afghan War index

General William Elphinstone: Battle of Kabul and Retreat to Gandamak 1842 during the First Afghan War
General William Elphinstone: Battle of Kabul and Retreat to Gandamak 1842 during the First Afghan War

War: First Afghan War

Date of the Battle of Kabul and the Retreat to Gandamak: January 1842.

Place of the Battle of Kabul and the Retreat to Gandamak: Central Afghanistan.




I often wonder if people/governments ever study history??????????



There is plenty of information on this site and a lot of links to other battles



https://www.britishbattles.com/first...t-to-gandamak/

[Alastair]

Re: AFGHANISTAN. 175 years on...........and STILL Fighting.

There is quite a bit on the Afghan was in the biography of The Life and Times of General Sir James Browne

Alastair

[Glesgalass]

Re: AFGHANISTAN. 175 years on...........and STILL Fighting.

No citizens like having foreign troops in their country, friends or otherwise.

Elda