List of events
Related to
1896 in Afghanistan
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Negotiations are going on between the
Indian
government
and the
amir
tending to the appointment of a joint commission for determining the last 100 miles (160 km) of Indo-Afghan frontier yet unsettled, from
Landi Kotal
in the
Khyber
to
Nawar Kotal
on the
Kunar River
.
Nasrullah Khan
is received in a most cordial manner on his return from his visit to
England
. There are great rejoicings for two or three weeks, but then he gradually drops out of notice. His brother,
Habibullah Khan
, on the other hand, is immensely popular with everybody, and is in high favour with the
amir
.
Incumbents
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Early 1896
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Conclusion of the
Kafiristan
campaign.
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The
Afghans
have captured twenty-five
forts
at an admitted loss of 1,500 killed and wounded. In some of the valleys, however, the Kafirs still hold out, although many of the chiefs submit to the
amir
at the beginning of February. Soon after hostilities are resumed on the southern and eastern sides of Kafiristan, and nearly all the fertile portions are taken by the Afghan forces. In May the troops are ordered into the more inaccessible northwestern part, so as to complete the subjugation of the country. The
amir
treats the conquered people with leniency. Orders are issued forbidding
slave
traffic in Kafirs, for it was alleged that after the victories in the
Bashgal Valley
at the beginning of the year certain captives were reduced to an atrocious form of
slavery
. The
amir
also gives orders to the Afghan officers to treat the Kafirs kindly, and not seek to convert them by force to
Islam
.
Summer 1896
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The
amir
sends a force of
militia
to occupy the
Mittai Valley
in
Bajaur
, where the
clans
previously received a demand for
taxes
. The
Khan
of
Nawagai
, who rendered excellent service in the
Chitral expedition
, is alarmed and complains to the government of India. The
amir
, after some hesitation, acknowledges his obligations under the
Durand Line Agreement
, but at the end of the year the Afghan outpost still remains at Mittai.
October 1896
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On the
Pamir Mountains
frontier the transfer of the
Darwaz
district of
Bukhara
to the Afghans up to the
Amu Darya
, as agreed upon between
Russia
and
Britain
, is completed. It is stated that Russia is making movements in the direction of
Herat
, and intends not only to extend the
railway
from
Merv
into the
Kushk Valley
, but also to build a line from
Charjui
along the
Oxus
to
Karki
, close to the Afghan frontier.
December 1896
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A slight collision takes place between the forces of the Khan of Nawagai, whose territory was threatened by the Afghans at Mittai, and the Khan of
Pashat
, and the Afghan force moves down the
Kunar River
about fifteen miles (24 km) from
Asmar
to protect their communications with
Jalalabad
, but nothing more serious happens, and the final solution of the frontier question is in a fair way of settlement. The arrangements for the demarcation of the boundary between British
Baluchistan
and
Persia
from
Koh-i-Malik Siah
on the north, to a point near
Jalk
, are concluded, and pillars are to be set up in the
desert
marking the frontier.
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