6 magg 1919 anni - Afghanistan Declares War on Britain

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Afghanistan had been under British control as part of the "Great Game" between Britain and Russia spitting each other's spheres of influence. By 1880, however, after the Second Anglo-Afghan war, the emir of Afghanistan finally agreed to allow British control over the country's foreign affairs. But in the midst of the Weltkrieg, the Afghani emir was assassinated and his son launched yet another war against Britain on the sixth of May 1919.

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