Third Anglo-Afghan War

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Chronology

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• May 1919: An Uprising took place in Peshwar with the support of Afghan forces.
• June 1919: The Afghan camp at Yusef Khel was seized by British force.
• May 1919: The British commander in Quetta decided to attack the Afghan fortress at Spin Baldak, capturing it.
• June 1919: The Afghan camp at Yusef Khel was seized by British force.
• May 1919: An Uprising took place in Peshwar with the support of Afghan forces.
• June 1919: The Afghan camp at Yusef Khel was seized by British force.
• August 1919: The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 brought the Third Anglo-Afghan War to an end. It was signed on 8 August 1919 in Rawalpindi by Great Britain and Afghanistan. Britain recognised Afghanistan's independence (as per Article 5 of the treaty), agreed that British India would not extend past the Khyber Pass and stopped British subsidies to Afghanistan. Afghanistan also accepted all previously agreed border arrangements with British India.
• May 1919: Afghan troops crossed the frontier at the western end of the Khyber Pass and captured the town of Bagh.
• August 1919: The Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 brought the Third Anglo-Afghan War to an end. It was signed on 8 August 1919 in Rawalpindi by Great Britain and Afghanistan. Britain recognised Afghanistan's independence (as per Article 5 of the treaty), agreed that British India would not extend past the Khyber Pass and stopped British subsidies to Afghanistan. Afghanistan also accepted all previously agreed border arrangements with British India.
• May 1919: An Uprising took place in Peshwar with the support of Afghan forces.
• May 1919: The British commander in Quetta decided to attack the Afghan fortress at Spin Baldak, capturing it.
• May 1919: The inhabitants of Peshawar complied and by dawn on 8 May the situation in the city was under control and the threat of an uprising abated.
• May 1919: The inhabitants of Peshawar complied and by dawn on 8 May the situation in the city was under control and the threat of an uprising abated.
• May 1919: The inhabitants of Peshawar complied and by dawn on 8 May the situation in the city was under control and the threat of an uprising abated.
• May 1919: A second attack was made on Bagh by the British 1st and 2nd Infantry Brigades, under Major General Fowler, and this time it proved successful.
• May 1919: The British commander in Quetta decided to attack the Afghan fortress at Spin Baldak, capturing it.
• May 1919: The British commander in Quetta decided to attack the Afghan fortress at Spin Baldak, capturing it.
• June 1919: The Afghan camp at Yusef Khel was seized by British force.