Anglo-Afghan Wars

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The Anglo-Afghan Wars were a series of 19th- and early 20th-century conflicts between the British Empire and Afghanistan that shaped the latter’s modern borders and its role as a buffer state in Central Asia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf military conflict
series of wars
cause British fears of Russian expansion in Central Asia
imperial rivalry known as the Great Game
conflictBetween Afghanistan
British Empire
endTime 1919
hasConsequence Afghan foreign policy placed under British influence (after Second Anglo-Afghan War)
Durand Line established as border between Afghanistan and British India
recognition of Afghan independence in foreign affairs (after Third Anglo-Afghan War)
hasPart First Anglo-Afghan War
Second Anglo-Afghan War
Third Anglo-Afghan War
historicalPeriod 19th century
early 20th century
involves Afghan tribal forces
British Indian Army
Herat
Jalalabad
Kabul
Kandahar
Khyber Pass
Pashtun tribes
linked to: Pashtuns
locatedIn Central Asia
South Asia
mainBelligerent British East India Company
British Raj
linked to: British India

Emirate of Afghanistan
Kingdom of Afghanistan
partOf Great Game
relatedTo British India
Great Game
Russian Empire
result definition of modern borders of Afghanistan
establishment of Afghanistan as a buffer state between Russian Empire and British India
significantEvent Battle of Maiwand
British invasion of Afghanistan in 1839
Treaty of Gandamak
Treaty of Rawalpindi (1919)
retreat from Kabul in 1842
significantPerson Abdur Rahman Khan
Amanullah Khan
Dost Mohammad Khan
Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts
George Pollock
Lord Auckland
Lord Ellenborough
Sher Ali Khan
William Elphinstone
startTime 1839

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Afghanistan historicalEvent Anglo-Afghan Wars
Bengal Army participatedIn First Anglo-Afghan War
linked to: Anglo-Afghan Wars
British Indian Army participatedIn Third Anglo-Afghan War
linked to: Anglo-Afghan Wars
Great Game relatedTo Afghan Wars
linked to: Anglo-Afghan Wars
Great Game relatedTo First Anglo-Afghan War
linked to: Anglo-Afghan Wars
Second Anglo-Afghan War precededBy First Anglo-Afghan War
linked to: Anglo-Afghan Wars
Second Anglo-Afghan War followedBy Third Anglo-Afghan War
linked to: Anglo-Afghan Wars
Second Anglo-Afghan War relatedTo Anglo-Afghan Wars
Khyber Pass associatedWith Afghan–British conflicts
linked to: Anglo-Afghan Wars
Royal Berkshire Regiment participatedIn Afghan Wars
linked to: Anglo-Afghan Wars
Hari Singh Nalwa conflict Sikh-Afghan conflicts
linked to: Anglo-Afghan Wars
Earl Roberts originalHolderNotability Anglo-Afghan Wars
Afghanistan historicalEvent Anglo-Afghan Wars
Tournament of Shadows relatedTo Anglo-Afghan Wars
Siege of Sherpur theatreOfWar Afghan theatre of the British Empire
linked to: Anglo-Afghan Wars
Third Anglo-Afghan War partOf Anglo-Afghan Wars
Musalla complex ruins damageEvent Anglo-Afghan Wars
Afghan nationalism developedDuring Anglo-Afghan Wars