AFGHAN ROBIN HOOD
HIS BEIGAND BAND
WHOLESALE TERRORISM
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Eeceived Bth December, 2 p.m.) DELHI, 7th December. Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan, is confronted with a serious problem in Badakshan, the most northerly provinco of his kingdom, where a young Eobin Hood has arisen. He is Ibrahim Beg, a tribesman, who is terrorising the province with a force of brigands estimated to number from ten to sixteen thousand. The force comprises tho riff-raff of various tribes, and absconders from law. AH of the brigands are- fully armed. Many towns and villages have been sacked and th,e inhabitants are fleeing to Kabul.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 8 December 1930, Page 12
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105AFGHAN ROBIN HOOD Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 8 December 1930, Page 12
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