British occupation of Kabul

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event in the First Anglo-Afghan War military occupation

The British occupation of Kabul was a brief 19th-century military control of Afghanistan’s capital by British forces during the First Anglo-Afghan War, which ended disastrously with a retreat marked by heavy losses.

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Label	Occurrences
British occupation of Kabul canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	event in the First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ military occupation ⓘ
aftermath	temporary British punitive expedition to Kabul in 1842 ⓘ withdrawal of British forces from Afghanistan ⓘ
cause	British attempt to install a friendly regime in Afghanistan ⓘ British fears of Russian influence in Central Asia ⓘ
combatant	Bengal Army NERFINISHED ⓘ British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ British Indian Army units NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	First Anglo-Afghan War NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInvolved	Emirate of Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs	brief British control of Afghanistan’s capital ⓘ
endTime	1842 ⓘ
followedBy	Second Anglo-Afghan War NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart	garrisoning of Kabul by British and Indian troops ⓘ retreat from Kabul to Jalalabad ⓘ uprising in Kabul in 1841 ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th century ⓘ
location	Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Kabul NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCommander	Akbar Khan NERFINISHED ⓘ Alexander Burnes NERFINISHED ⓘ Shah Shujah Durrani NERFINISHED ⓘ William Elphinstone NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	killing of Alexander Burnes in Kabul ⓘ massacre of retreating column in the Kabul Gorge ⓘ
opponent	Afghan tribal forces NERFINISHED ⓘ supporters of Dost Mohammad Khan ⓘ
partOf	First Anglo-Afghan War NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	British invasion of Afghanistan in 1839 NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo	First Anglo-Afghan War NERFINISHED ⓘ Great Game NERFINISHED ⓘ Retreat from Kabul NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Afghan victory ⓘ British military disaster ⓘ heavy British losses ⓘ retreat from Kabul ⓘ
significance	early example of the difficulties of foreign occupation in Afghanistan ⓘ major setback for British policy in the Great Game ⓘ
startTime	1839 ⓘ

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