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The process of withdrawal from Afghanistan began paradoxically with two armies advancing on Kabul. General Pollock had forced the Khyber Pass in April 1842 to join with General sale Sale who had been besieged at Jalalabad. General Nott meanwhile had been occupying Kandahar for the previous two years. General Elphinstone's army had been destroyed in the disastrous retreat from Kabul and Shah Shujah, who had been restored to the throne by the British was murdered and Lord Ellenborough who succeeded Lord Auckland as Governor-General was in favour of withdrawal of the troops