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Second Anglo-Afghan War

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1878–1880 war between the British Empire and the Emirate of Afghanistan

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Vinony's link graph records 1,417 inbound references to Second Anglo-Afghan War, and connects out to Mohammad Ayub Khan, Mazar-i-Sharif and War in Afghanistan.

Vinony files it under 1870s in Afghanistan, 1870s in British India and 1878 in Afghanistan.

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Key facts

Date
Date 21 November 1878 – 27 April 1881, (2 years, 5 months and 6 days)
Location
Afghanistan
Result
Anglo-Afzalid victory Treaty of Gandamak British withdrawal from Afghanistan Abdur Rahman Khan installed as Emir Afghanistan becomes a de jure British protected state
Territorial changes
Kandahar re-ceded to Afghanistan . Districts of Quetta , Pishin , Sibi , Harnai & Thal Chotiali ceded to British India

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
war
Location
Afghanistan
Image
Kandahar 92nd Highlanders.jpg
Participant
British Empire
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Commons category
Second Anglo-Afghan War
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Second Anglo-Afghan War
end time
1880-00-00
start time
1878-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Belligerents

British Empire  India

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Second Anglo-Afghan War” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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