First Anglo-Afghan War
1838–1842 British-Afghan war
Summary
The First Anglo-Afghan War was fought between the British Empire and the Emirate of Kabul from 1838 to 1842. The British initially successfully invaded the country taking sides in a succession dispute between emir Dost Mohammad Khan (Barakzai) and former King Shah Shujah (Durrani), whom they reinstalled upon occupying Kabul in August 1839. The main British Indian force occupied Kabul and endured harsh winters. The force and its camp followers were almost completely massacred during its 1842 retreat from Kabul.
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I have added sir Jasper Nicolls as a commander of British forces in India in this combat, as he was Commander in Chief or the Indian Army.
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Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1350952053|1350952053]] by [[Special:Contributions/RangersRus|RangersRus]] ([[User talk:RangersRus|talk]]) You need to thoroughly check edits and their contents before completely erasing them off, we shall discuss your matter in the Talk page
Restored revision 1349127388 by [[Special:Contributions/TJ Kreen|TJ Kreen]] ([[User talk:TJ Kreen|talk]]): No discussion is talk page on additional belligerents with sources and page number and unnecessary removal of cn tags
Fixed the infobox; sources include Lee 2018, Hazarah et al. 2012, etc.
Lee 2018
Added the former flag of Balochistan
This is contentious in the lead and needs a source.
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Kandahar flag for Kandahari commanders
Added the flag of Kandahar
Dating maintenance tags: {{Cn}}
Tag removed before any consensus or providing a source on what is asked for.
Undid revision [[Special:Diff/1345109804|1345109804]] by [[Special:Contributions/RangersRus|RangersRus]] ([[User talk:RangersRus|talk]]) Source shown in talk
Restored revision 1345094087 by [[Special:Contributions/AfghanTsakhtan|AfghanTsakhtan]] ([[User talk:AfghanTsakhtan|talk]]): Discuss source in talk page to verify if Mohammed Amin Beg played a role in the war pls
