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== Summary ==
On 21 December Captains Conolly and Airey were given as hostages for compliance with the treaty agreed with Mohammed Akbar Khan for the withdrawal of British forces from Afghanistan.
On 29 December
On 8 January 1842 Mohammed Akbar Khan agreed to protect Elphinstone's army on a promise of 15,000 rupees. He also demanded Major Pottinger, Captain Lawrence and Captain Mackenzie as hostages to guarantee that General Sale would evacuate Jalalabad. This was agreed.
== Hostages ==
'''21 December'''
*Captain John Conolly*Captain James Airey<br>
'''29 December'''
*Captain Drummond
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massacre_of_Elphinstone%27s_Army#Afghan_uprising Afghan Uprising] Wikipedia<br>
[http://www.britishbattles.com/first-afghan-war/kabul-gandamak.htm The Battle of Kabul and the Retreat to Gandamak] BritishBattles.com<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=uXYIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA244&dq=A+journal+of+the+disasters+in+Affghanistan+Shortly+after+Pottinger,+Mackenzie,+and+Lawrence+arrived&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=falseLady false Lady Sale's Account] Google Books<br>[http://prints.national-army-museum.ac.uk/search.php?keywords=Portraits+of+the+Kabul+Prisoners&page=1&numperpage=9 Eyre's portraits of the hostages] national-army-museum.ac.uk
==== Historical Books on-line ====
