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== Summary ==
{{War|name=3rd Afghan War |dates=6 May – 8 August 1919 |image= |result=<br> British subsidy dicontinued<br>Afghans regained control of foreign policy<br>Border with British India confirmed |medal=<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India_General_Service_Medal_(1909) India General Service Medal (1909)]<br>Clasp:Afghanistan NWF 1919|combatant1=[[British Army]] |combatant2=Afghan regular forces
|category=[[:Category:3rd Afghan War|3rd Afghan War]] |link1=}}
Hoping to regain control of foreign policy ceded to the British at the Treaty of Gandamak 1879 and to divert attention from internal strife, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanullah_Khan Amir Amanullah Khan] invaded India on 3 May 1919. Military action took place mostly in the Khyber Pass but Kabul was bombed by the Royal Air Force and the Afghans attacked Thal. The Afghan forces were driven from British Indian territory and the Treaty of Rawalpindi on 8 August ended the British subsidy to Afghanistan which regained the right to conduct its own foreign affairs. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durand_Line The Durand Line] defining the border between Afghanistan and the North West Frontier was re-affirmed.
== External Links ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Anglo-Afghan_War Third Anglo-Afghan War] Wikipedia<br>*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bv4hzxpo424C&pg=PA247&dq=Landi+Kotal+1919&as_brr=3#v=onepage&q=Landi%20Kotal%201919&f=false Third Anglo-Afghan War] Google Books
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[[Category:3rd Afghan War| 3rd Afghan War]]
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