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Name: Kingdom of Afghanistan

Type: Polity

Start: 1926 AD

End: 1973 AD

Nation: afghanistan

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Kingdom of Afghanistan

This article is about the specific polity Kingdom of Afghanistan and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Was a constitutional monarchy in Central Asia established in 1926 as a successor state to the Emirate of Afghanistan.

Establishment

June 1926: Amanullah Khan began the reformation of the country and was crowned 1926 Padshah (king) of Afghanistan and founded the Kingdom of Afghanistan.

Chronology

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1. Afghan Civil War (1928-1929)

Was a civil war in Afghanistan.

December 1928: In late November, the Saqqawist besieged Jabal al-Siraj, north of Kabul, and on either 11 or 12 December, after 18 days of siege, Ahmad Ali Lodi peacefully surrendered the citadel.

January 1929: Inayatullah Khan, the King of Afghanistan, abdicated the throne in 1929 to Bacha-i-Saqao, also known as Habibullah Kalakani, leader of the Saqqawist Rebels. The rebels took control of Kabul after Inayatullah's surrender.

February 1929: Saqqawist revolt in Jalalabad.

March 1929: Purdil Khan, a prominent leader of the Saqqawist Rebels, successfully captured the territory of Maydan.

March 1929: The Saqqawist Rebels withdrew from Maydan.

March 1929: It was reported that rebel leader Kalakani's army captured Ghazni.

May 1929: One of Kalakani's generals, Abd Al-Wakil Khan, captured Fayzabad in Badakhshan while some of his units reached Farjaghan.

May 1929: Kandahar fell to Saqqawist Rebels.

June 1929: Kalakani's armies were able to take Kalat.

June 1929: Qandahar fell to the rebels on 3 June or 31 May.

June 1929: On 26 June, Kalakani's forces recaptured Gardiz.

June 1929: Kalakani's forces took control of the Unay Pass.

August 1929: On 12 August, after days of skirmishes, Kalakani's forces launched a large counteroffensive and forced the Tagabis to surrender the next day.

September 1929: In early September, the Saqqawists won their last victory by taking Jalalabad.

September 1929: A pro-Nadir uprising in Kandahar succeeded at driving out Kalakani's forces from the city.

October 1929: Government forces seized Charasya, Chihil Tan and Chihil Sutun.

October 1929: By 7 October, Kalakani's forces had retreated from almost all territory outside Kabul, and prepared for their last stand.

October 1929: After several days of bombardment, Nadir's forces entered the Arg, and after a short but fierce battle, captured it, ending the civil war.

1.1.Afghan campaign of the Red Army (1929)

Was a special operation aimed at supporting the ousted king of Afghanistan, Amanullah Khan, against the Saqqawists and Basmachi.

April 1929: On the morning of 22 April, Primakov’s detachment began shelling Mazar-i-Sharif. Machine guns hit the defenders on the walls. Two hours after the start of the battle, the gunners brought the guns to the entrance to the citadel and, having launched a volley, broke the gate.

May 1929: After airstrikes and shelling, the garrison of Dehdadi left the fortress to the Red Army.

May 1929: On 12 May, Soviet leader Primakov’s detachment occupied Balkh.

May 1929: The Red Army left Afghanistan after the flight of King Amanullah Khan abroad.

2. Afghan campaign of the Red Army (1930)

Was a Soviet military intervention in Afghanistan to destroy the economic bases of the Basmachi Movement.

June 1930: At the end of June 1930, the combined cavalry brigade of the Red Army under the command of the brigade commander Yakov Melkumov, crossed the Amu Darya, entering Afghanistan. Not meeting on its way opposition from the local authorities and the regular Afghan army, the Soviet detachment advanced 50-70 km inland.

July 1930: The Soviet forces left the territories they had occupied in northern Afghanistan.

3. World War II

Was a global conflict that lasted from 1939 to 1945 (it started sooner in certain regions) between the Axis Powers (mainly Germany, Japan and Italy) and the Allies (mainly the Soviet Union, the U.S.A., the U.K., China and France). It was the war with more fatalities in history. The war in Asia began when Japan invaded China on July 7, 1937. The war in Europe began when Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. The war ended with the complete defeat of the Axis powers, which were occupied by the Allies.

3.1.World War II (Middle Eastern Theatre)

Was the Middle Eastern theatre of World War II.

3.1.1.Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran

Was the joint invasion of the neutral Imperial State of Iran by the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union in August 1941.

3.1.1.1.Partition of Iran

Iran was partitioned between Britain and the Soviet Union after the the Anglo-Soviet invasion, with the Soviets stationed in northern Iran and the British south of Hamadan and Qazvin.

October 1941: The Allies withdrew from Tehran on 17 October and Iran was partitioned between Britain and the Soviet Union, with the Soviets stationed in northern Iran and the British south of Hamadan and Qazvin.

4. Afghan Civil War

Was a civil war in Afghanistan between the end of the 1970's and 2022 that included a series of related conflicts. The first phase of the civil war were two coups d'état that resulted in the establishment of the Socialist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. In order to support the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, the USSR invaded the country. Two years after the Soviet withdrawal, in 1992, the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan was ended by the Mujahideen, an Islamic rebel group. This was followed by a conflict mainly between the Mujahideen and the Taliban forces (another Islamic militia). Until 1996 Taliban took control of Kabul and most of Afghanistan, and established of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. The civil war continued between the Islamic State of Afghanistan and the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, two governments recognized by different international actors. This phase was ended by the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. The invasion's goals were to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda militants, as well as replace the Taliban with a U.S.-friendly government. With support of the US the Talibans were initially defeated and the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was established. However, the Talibans started a counteroffensive and in 2021 recaptured whole Afghanistan and established again the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

4.1.1974 coup d'état in Afghanistan

Was a coup d'état in Afghanistan that ended the Kingdom of Afghanistan and established the Republic of Afghanistan.

July 1973: The Afghan monarchy ended with the 1973 Afghan coup d'état.