Third Anglo-Afghan War

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The Third Anglo-Afghan War was a brief 1919 conflict between Afghanistan and British India that led to Afghan independence in foreign affairs and the end of British control over Afghan foreign policy.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Third Anglo-Afghan War canonical 19
Third Afghan War 2
Afghan War of Independence (1919) 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 20th-century conflict ⓘ
Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
war ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Third Afghan War ⓘ
belligerent British Empire ⓘ
British India ⓘ
Emirate of Afghanistan ⓘ
category Conflicts in 1919 ⓘ
Wars involving Afghanistan ⓘ
Wars involving British India ⓘ
Wars involving the United Kingdom ⓘ
cause Afghan attempt to assert full independence from British influence ⓘ
Afghan rejection of previous Anglo-Afghan treaties ⓘ
combatantStrength Afghan regular army and tribal forces ⓘ
British Indian Army units on the North-West Frontier ⓘ
commander Amanullah Khan ⓘ
Sir Arthur Barrett ⓘ
Sir Reginald Dyer ⓘ
linked to: Reginald Dyer
conflictBetween Afghanistan ⓘ
British India ⓘ
effect strengthening of Afghan national sovereignty ⓘ
weakening of British influence in Afghanistan ⓘ
endDate 1919-08-08 ⓘ
endYear 1919 ⓘ
followedBy formal recognition of Afghan independence by Britain ⓘ
historicalPeriod interwar period ⓘ
location Afghanistan ⓘ
North-West Frontier of British India ⓘ
notableOutcome Afghanistan gained control over its foreign relations ⓘ
end of British protectorate-style oversight of Afghan foreign affairs ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Afghan Wars ⓘ
history of Afghanistan ⓘ
history of British India ⓘ
precededBy Second Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
relatedTo Afghan independence ⓘ
Durand Line ⓘ
result Afghan victory ⓘ
Treaty of Rawalpindi ⓘ
end of British control over Afghan foreign policy ⓘ
recognition of Afghanistan’s independence in foreign affairs ⓘ
significantEvent Afghan invasion across the Durand Line in May 1919 ⓘ
British air raids on Afghan territory ⓘ
startDate 1919-05-06 ⓘ
startYear 1919 ⓘ
timeSpan approximately three months ⓘ
treaty Treaty of Rawalpindi ⓘ

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Referenced by (23)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anglo-Afghan Wars → hasPart → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Bristol F.2 Fighter → usedInConflict → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Emirate of Afghanistan → notableEvent → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, India → significantEvent → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
subject linked to: Commander‑in‑Chief, India
Claude Auchinleck → conflict → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
subject linked to: General Sir Claude Auchinleck
Treaty of Rawalpindi (1919) → endedConflict → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Treaty of Rawalpindi (1919) → resultedFrom → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Afghan tribal forces → primaryConflict → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Third Anglo-Afghan War → alsoKnownAs → Third Afghan War ⓘ
linked to: Third Anglo-Afghan War
Amanullah Khan → knownFor → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Amanullah Khan → significantEvent → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Amanullah Khan → significantEvent → Afghan War of Independence (1919) ⓘ
linked to: Third Anglo-Afghan War
Bristol F.2 Fighter → usedInConflict → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
subject linked to: Brisfit
Punjab Frontier Force → conflict → Third Afghan War ⓘ
linked to: Third Anglo-Afghan War
Barakzai dynasty → involvedIn → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Robert Cassels → conflict → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Airco DH.9A → usedInConflict → Third Anglo‑Afghan War ⓘ
linked to: Third Anglo-Afghan War
Anglo-Afghan relations → hasComponent → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Bombay Grenadiers → conflict → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1921 → relatedToEvent → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1921 → precededBy → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
Sir Arthur Barrett → conflict → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
History of Afghanistan → includesEvent → Third Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ