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On 9 January 1842 Mohammed Akbar Khan persuaded General Elphinstone All those at Khoord Kabul were taken by stages to hand over the women, children and wounded officers hostages Badiabad Fort in return for supplies and a safe escort for his army. Though none of Akbar Khan's promises had been kept previously, it was seen as the only way to protect the women and children from further suffering Lughman District which they reached on the march. Seven officers, ten women and twenty-two children were escorted to Khoord-Kabul fort17 January.
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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 Decemberit was agreed that Captains Drummond, Walsh, Warburton and Webb would be hostages as the Afghan demand for four married hostages and their families was not acceptable to the British.
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.
On 9 January 1842 Mohammed Akbar Khan persuaded General Elphinstone to hand over the women, children and wounded officers hostages in return for supplies and a safe escort for his army. Though none of Akbar Khan's promises had been kept previously, it was seen as the only way to protect the women and children from further suffering on the march. Four officers, ten women and twenty-two children were escorted to Khoord-Kabul fort where they joined the three officers taken the day before.
*Captain Drummond
*Captain Walsh
*Captain Robert Warburton
*Captain Webb
*Lieutenant John Haughton
[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=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<br>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Warburton Robert Warburton on son's web page] Wikipedia
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