Independence Day of Afghanistan was celebrated in Afghanistan on August 19 to commemorate the 1919 Anglo-Afghan Agreement and the release of the status of a protected country. The treaty provides a complete neutral relationship between Afghanistan and Britain. Afghanistan became a British protectorate after they negotiated in the Second Anglo-Afghan War even though Afghanistan had planned not to follow this protectorate at the time.
The First Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842) caused British troops to take and occupy Kabul. Following this, due to a strategic error by Elphinstone, the entire British-led invasion force was defeated by Afghan forces under Akbar Khan somewhere on Kabul-Jalalabad Road, near the town of Jalalabad. After this defeat, the British-led forces returned to Afghanistan on a special mission to rescue their POWs and then retreat until the return to start the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
The first Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80) first resulted in the British defeat followed by their victory at the Battle of Kandahar, which led Abdur Rahman Khan to emir new and the start of friendly UK-Afganan friendship. The British were told that they would be given control over Afghanistan's foreign affairs (Afghanistan did not let them have that control even when the deal was made) in return for protection of Russia and Persia, a large sum of money and a complete withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan. The Third Anglo-Afghan War in 1919 led Britain to surrender control of Afghan foreign affairs finally in 1921.
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See also
- Afghan culture
- Hotaki Dynasty
- The Durranian Empire
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References
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