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Anglo-Afghan Wars

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military conflict series of wars

The Anglo-Afghan Wars were a series of 19th- and early 20th-century conflicts between the British Empire and Afghanistan that shaped the latter’s modern borders and its role as a buffer state in Central Asia.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military conflict → series of wars →
cause	British fears of Russian expansion in Central Asia → imperial rivalry known as the Great Game →
conflictBetween	Afghanistan → British Empire →
endTime	1919 →
hasConsequence	Afghan foreign policy placed under British influence (after Second Anglo-Afghan War) → Durand Line established as border between Afghanistan and British India → recognition of Afghan independence in foreign affairs (after Third Anglo-Afghan War) →
hasPart	First Anglo-Afghan War → Second Anglo-Afghan War → Third Anglo-Afghan War →
historicalPeriod	19th century → early 20th century →
involves	Afghan tribal forces → British Indian Army → Herat → Jalalabad → Kabul → Kandahar → Khyber Pass → Pashtun tribes →
locatedIn	Central Asia → South Asia →
mainBelligerent	British East India Company → British Raj → Emirate of Afghanistan → Kingdom of Afghanistan →
partOf	Great Game →
relatedTo	British India → Great Game → Russian Empire →
result	definition of modern borders of Afghanistan → establishment of Afghanistan as a buffer state between Russian Empire and British India →
significantEvent	Battle of Maiwand → British invasion of Afghanistan in 1839 → Treaty of Gandamak → Treaty of Rawalpindi (1919) → retreat from Kabul in 1842 →
significantPerson	Abdur Rahman Khan → Amanullah Khan → Dost Mohammad Khan → Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts → George Pollock → Lord Auckland → Lord Ellenborough → Sher Ali Khan → William Elphinstone →
startTime	1839 →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bengal Army ("First Anglo-Afghan War") → British Indian Army ("Third Anglo-Afghan War") → Royal Berkshire Regiment ("Afghan Wars") →	participatedIn
Great Game ("Afghan Wars") → Great Game ("First Anglo-Afghan War") → Second Anglo-Afghan War →	relatedTo
Khyber Pass ("Afghan–British conflicts") →	associatedWith
Hari Singh Nalwa ("Sikh-Afghan conflicts") →	conflict
Second Anglo-Afghan War ("Third Anglo-Afghan War") →	followedBy
Afghanistan →	historicalEvent
Second Anglo-Afghan War ("First Anglo-Afghan War") →	precededBy