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Afghanistan

17th Century/Afghanistan/Ancient/Ancient warfare/Early Modern/Feature/Medieval

Afghanistan: graveyard of armies

April 13, 2018
8 mins read
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A huge, mountainous, landlocked Central Asian state, Afghanistan has defied invaders for 2,500 years. Jules Stewart takes a look at the country’s

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Afghanistan/Battle Maps/Feature/Modern

Map of the Battle of Maiwand – 27 July 1880

January 31, 2011
1 min read
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Map of the Battle of Maiwand, 27 July 1880: the decisive action of the Second Afghan War. General Burrows’ little army of

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Afghanistan/Battle Maps/Feature/Modern

Map of the Third Afghan War 1919

December 31, 2010
1 min read

The first aircraft to be deployed in the war swooped to strafe the Afghans fleeing across the frontier after their defeat. A

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Afghanistan/Blog/Feature/Modern

Bob Shepherd on defence cuts and why British troops should withdraw from Afghanistan

October 1, 2010
2 mins read
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It is time our leaders acknowledged that military involvement in Afghanistan has done more to undermine Britain’s standing in the world than

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Afghanistan/Feature/Modern

The First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842

October 1, 2010
10 mins read
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From the start, what little order there was went awry. As pillaging Afghans moved into the emptying cantonment, panic ran through the

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Afghanistan/Feature/Modern

Fighting phantoms: guerrilla warfare from Lawrence to the Taliban

October 1, 2010
9 mins read
1

The invaders of Afghanistan find themselves waging a war against an enemy who is never there.

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Afghanistan/Battle Maps/Feature/Modern

The Retreat from Kabul – Map

August 25, 2010
1 min read

The first part of our Afghanistan series begins in Issue 1, with an in-depth chronicling of the British army’s disastrous retreat from

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Afghanistan/Feature/Modern

From Lawrence to the Taliban

July 26, 2010
3 mins read

Liar and self-promoting charlatan? Or military genius and romantic revolutionary? Dr. Neil Falkner explores T E Lawrence's relevance to contemporary warfare.

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