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*[http://www.phototheca-afghanica.ch/index.php?id=111 Set of photographs 1878-1880] titled "Royal Engineers Museum, Library and Archive" from Phototheca Afghanica: Historical Images
of Afghanistan. A project of Foundation Bibliotheca Afghanica, CH-4416 Bubendorf.
*[http://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/photograph-of-afghan-soldiers-dressed-in-kilts-taken-by-news-photo/90767128 Photograph: The Amir’s Highlanders, 1879]. (gettyimages.com). A photograph of Afghan soldiers dressed in kilts, taken by John Burke in 1879. This photograph is from an album entitled ''The Afghan War, Attock to Jellalabad, Gandamak and Surkhab''. The Afghans were very impressed with the ferocity and fighting skills of the British Highland regiments. In imitation, Afghan troops were dressed in kilts in an attempt to instil them with similiar martial qualities.The soldiers were known as the Amir’s Highlanders, the Highlanders of Amir Yaqub, or Yaqub Khan's Highlanders. An [http://www.prints-4-u.com/store/image3/J3331832/J3331832707.jpg image] from the Illustrated London News.
====Maps====*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/m/019pho0000430s3u00023000.html Plan of Kabul City, drawn by the Guides March 1880], and photographed by John Burke 1880. Click on “zoomable image” to enlarge. British Library Online Gallery.
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/secondafghanwar00brangoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''The Second Afghan War, 1878-80: Abridged Official Account''] produced in the Intelligence Branch Army Headquarters, India 1908 Archive.org. Note: Part of the filming is unsatisfactory, with text missing from the sides of some pages, and some of the illustrations have not been filmed. The following version may '''possibly''' be a better digital file: [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/282349 ''The Second Afghan War Official Account 1907''] Pdf download , Digital Library of India.
