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== Timeline ==
'''1841'''<br>
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 it 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.<br>
'''1842'''<br>
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.
