Cities Full of Dread
KABUL AND KANDAHAR FEAR DIRE FATE WAR IN AFGHANISTAN (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) Reed. 9.28 a.m. DELHI, Tuesday. The evacuation of foreigners from Kabul is steadily proceeding:, and it is hoped to be completed this week. The days of Bacchasakao’s rule are numbered. He is short of funds., and his followers are deserting: him. Amanullah, the former King, is en- | deavouring to gain the support of the priests, and increasing motor transport for an advance on Kabul. Moslem sentiment in India is declared to be in favour of Amanullah. There is an acute food shortage in Kabul and Kandahar. The inhabitants of Kabul, fearing that when the Ramazan festival ends, the city will be attacked by the rival forces and meet the same fate as Jalalabad. All the British airmen are now safely out of Afghanistan. Flight-Lieutenant Chapman, arriving safely at Peshawar, said that throughout he was splendidly treated by the Maquid of Charbagh.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 593, 20 February 1929, Page 9
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159Cities Full of Dread Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 593, 20 February 1929, Page 9
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