Industrial Age · Central Asia · War
1878
Second Anglo-Afghan War
1878
A Russian mission to Kabul gave the British their excuse: they invaded again, took the passes, forced the emir to flee, and installed yet another puppet. This war went, at first, less badly than the first. Then an uprising in Kabul killed the British envoy and the whole business turned ugly again, as it always did.
In context
Also in 1878 (4 other events on record)
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Before and after in Central Asia
Before and after in War
- Before: 1877: Nez Perce Flight
- After: January 22, 1879: Battle of Isandlwana
Era
Industrial Age (1801–1900), one of 513 events from that era on Saeculum.