Third Anglo-Afghan War
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Was a conflict that began in 1919 when the Emirate of Afghanistan invaded British India.
Chronology
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May 1919: An Uprising took place in Peshwar with the support of Afghan forces.
June 1919: The Afghan camp at Yusef Khel was seized by British force.
May 1919: A second attack was made on Bagh by the British 1st and 2nd Infantry Brigades, under Major General Fowler, and this time it proved successful.
August 1919: The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 brought the Third Anglo-Afghan War to an end. It was signed on 8 August 1919 in Rawalpindi by Great Britain and Afghanistan. Britain recognised Afghanistan's independence (as per Article 5 of the treaty), agreed that British India would not extend past the Khyber Pass and stopped British subsidies to Afghanistan. Afghanistan also accepted all previously agreed border arrangements with British India.
May 1919: The British commander in Quetta decided to attack the Afghan fortress at Spin Baldak, capturing it.
May 1919: The inhabitants of Peshawar complied and by dawn on 8 May the situation in the city was under control and the threat of an uprising abated.
May 1919: Afghan troops crossed the frontier at the western end of the Khyber Pass and captured the town of Bagh.
