AFGHAN FIGHTING
AHNOLLAN ACTIVE Pres* Association—By Telegraph—Copyright DELHI, Mardi 2d. Fighting has begun in _ Afghanistan. Amanullah, who is making a determined bid for the throne,_sent a big force with six guns from Kandahar to Ivclati Gilzai, a town seventy miles from Kabul. En route they clashed with tribesmen in the- Mulsur district, and there were heavy casualties on both sides. Abdul Ali, :i brother of the cxGovernor of Kabul, is raising . 2,000 troops to support Amanullah The Shinwaris, who are against Amanullah, are threatening an attack on Dacca and Lalpura. Amannllah’s planes are dropping leaflets in Kabul urging the citizens to eject Dacca Sakao. The opinion is generally expressed that unless some strong leader appears the country will immediately bo plunged into civil war.—Australian Press Association.
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Evening Star, Issue 20133, 25 March 1929, Page 6
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126AFGHAN FIGHTING Evening Star, Issue 20133, 25 March 1929, Page 6
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