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1838 - 1842The First Anglo-Afghan War between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the British East India Company.
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Oct 1838The British East India Company issues the Simla Manifesto which outlines its reasons for invading Afghanistan.
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Mar 1839The British East India Company army enters Afghanistan.
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25 Apr 1839Shah Shuja, the EIC-backed candidate, is crowned the new emir of Afghanistan.
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Jul 1839The East India Company captures the Afghan fortress of Ghazni.
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Nov 1841A mob in Kabul murders Alexander Burnes, an important political officer of the East India Company.
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Dec 1841William Macnaughten, the EIC envoy to Kabul, is murdered by Akbar Khan.
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1 Jan 1842The British East India Company army in Kabul begins its disastrous withdrawal.
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11 Jan 1842The final members of the East India Company army that retreated from Kabul are wiped out.
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Apr 1842Shah Shuja is assassinated.
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Sep 1842Major-General George Pollock leads a British East India Company that retakes Kabul but then withdraws.
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1843Dost Mohammad is restored to power in Afghanistan.