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'''This article is part of the section on the [[1st Afghan War]]'''<br>
== Events in and around Kandahar 1839-42 ==
When '''[[John Keane|Sir John Keane]] ''' entered [[Afghanistan]] with the invading army '''William Nott''' was left in command at [[Quetta]]. After Shah Shuja had been installed at [[Kabul]] the Combined Army withdrew. The Bengal Force went via the [[Khyber Pass]] leaving a garrison at [[Jalalabad]] and the Bombay Force moved south leaving garrisons at [[Ghazni]] and [[Kandahar]]. General Nott was given command of the Kandahar occupying forces and he took post there on 13 November 1839. '''Major Henry Rawlinson''' was appointed political officer.
==== 1840 ====
