Kuhistan rebellion (July 1930) (1 juill. 1930 – 31 juill. 1930)

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The Kuhistan rebellion was a Saqqawist[1] rebellion in modern-day Kohistan District, Kapisa which took place in July 1930 in the Kingdom of Afghanistan.[2] The rebellion, which was led by Purdil Khan,[3] an uncle of the former king of Afghanistan, Habibullāh Kalakāni,[2] was crushed within a week.[1] After the rebellion was suppressed, 3000 of the rebels were captured and 11 of the ringleaders were executed,[2] while the rest were allowed to go home and "follow some honest pursuit".[1]