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3 days ago · Sometime in the early 1830s, the British East India Company officials in India came to know of the presence of a red-haired, grey-eyed man travelling around in Kabul, with a few maps, a compass and an astrolabe.
4 days ago · The success of Akbar Khan's uprising led to the 1842 retreat from Kabul where the Afghan army decimated British forces, thanks to effective use of the rugged terrain and weapons such as the Jezail. [ citation needed ]
2 days ago · The First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842) saw the British attempt to install a puppet regime in Kabul. The conflict ended with a disastrous retreat, which damaged British prestige in India. This failure prompted increased military and political efforts to counter Russian expansion in Central Asia. Key points include:
5 days ago · A punitive raid by British forces in 1842 resulted in the destruction of bazaars and residential property, while a second attack in 1880 saw the destruction of the Bālā Hiṣār, which had until then been the seat of power.
3 days ago · Rumsfeld, however feared that a conventional invasion of Afghanistan could bog down as had happened to the Soviets in the Soviet–Afghan War and the 1842 retreat from Kabul by the British. [96] Rumsfeld rejected Franks's plan, saying "I want men on the ground now!"
2 days ago · The Russian retreat was significant for two reasons: firstly, the move was to the south and not the east; secondly, the Russians immediately began operations that would continue to deplete the French forces.
5 days ago · As the Central Asian nobles had generally been nurtured on the Turko-Mongol tradition of sharing power with the royalty—an arrangement incompatible with Akbar’s ambition of structuring the Mughal centralism around himself—the emperor’s principal goal was to reduce their strength and influence.
