Talk:Afghan Independence Day

Source
This was taken from http://www.answers.com/topic/afghan-independence-day —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Raisethirty (talk • contribs) 00:26, 19 August 2006 (UTC).


 * Actually, it's the other way round. Answers.com, a mirror site, took from Wikipedia. --PFHLai 16:47, 19 August 2006 (UTC)

Rewrite Needed
This whole page needs a rewrite. It was clearly written by a 'patriot' who on ly wished to show the counttry's triumph of arms over teh British. It does not include any of teh facts that are pertinent to such an entry. Like who established teh holiday, what it specifically commemorates, nature of teh first celebration, how it's currently celebrated, how it was celebrated during various regimes, etc.

Do over. 202.82.171.186 (talk) 02:12, 18 August 2009 (UTC)


 * The biased text has been put back in the article (unformatted) after I removed it leaving only a descriptive short entry. Maybe I shouldn't have removed it all, but it does readers a disservice because 1) it is written as opinion "It should be noted that" and 2) it disagrees with the main article on Afghanistan. Please address this, Nakon.202.82.171.186 (talk) 03:20, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

This page does need a rewrite - the history of the Afgan wars with Britain, according to Wikipedia's pages;

First Afgan War Date 1839–1842 Result Afghan victory, British withdrawal from Afghanistan

Second Afgan War Date 1878–1880 Result British military victory, Afghans maintain internal sovereignty but cede control of foreign relations to the British.

Third Afgan War Date 6 May – 8 August 1919 Location North-West Frontier of India and Afghanistan Result Minor tactical and minor strategical victory for the British Empire; minor strategical Afghan victory. Reaffirmation of Durand Line, Afghan independence in foreign affairs

It was the the signing of the Treaty of Rawalpindi on the 19 August 1919 that granted back control of foreign relations to Afganistan - the date that is now celebrated as independence day in Afganistan.216.107.194.166 (talk) 18:33, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

Removed Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan declaration
See this talk page talk:Islamic_Emirate_of_Afghanistan and this source http://www.uniindia.com/news/world/taliban-yet-to-declare-islamic-emirate-of-afghanistan-officially-political-office/2482659.html.Manabimasu (talk) 00:23, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Afghanistan Protectorate State
Reference states: According to  a  large  number  of  previous  studies, Afghanistan was fixed as a buffer state between Russia and British India as a result of the war and the  Gandamak  Treaty,  which  was  concluded  between  Amīr  Ya‘qūb  Khān  and  the  British  on  26 May 1879, substantially as proof of the surrender of the Afghan side. In this treaty, the Amīr of Kabul, a  previous  ruler  of  Afghanistan,  not  only  ceded  various  territories  but  also  handed  over  diplomatic rights to the British. In short, Afghanistan was virtually a British protectorate until 1919. Source confirms it.

Multiple sources state that during the Treaty of Gandamak, the Emir of Afghanistan signed the British PROTECTORATE over Afghanistan. Reference 1, states '''Afghanistan after 1879 is a classic example of protectorate. Following the Peace of Gandamak, the Amir of Afghanistan agreed to leave the control of his foreign relations to the British Government....Afghanistan's status as a PROTECTORATE was recognized in the Anglo Russian Agreement of 1907.'''

Reference 2,. Reference states that '''1879, May 26 - Peace of Gandamak. Afghanistan became, in effect, a protectorate of Great Britain.'''

Reference 3, Reference states that At the Treaty of Gandamak in 1879 Afghanistan became a British PROTECTORATE and Kabul was opened up to a British mission, something Afghans still consider to be an appalling loss of face.

Reference 4, Reference states  The following year, Anglo Indian troops invaded Afghanistan and imposed, through the treaty of Gandamak signed on May 26, 1879, an English PROTECTORATE and the loss of control over the Khyber Pass....

Reference 5, Reference states ''' In 1878, the Second Anglo-Afghan war broke out. It ended two years later with the Treaty of Gandamak, which effectively made Afghanistan a PROTECTORATE of Britain. '''

Reference 6 Reference states Afghanistan was technically a PROTECTORATE of the British Empire since the treaty of Gandamak of 1879 and reinforced in the Durand line accord of 1893.

All the sources confirms Afghanistan as a British PROTECTORATE state as per the treaty of Gandamak.

Reference 7 Reference states by the treaty of Gandamak of May 1879, Afghanistan, in effect, became a British PROTECTORATE and gave British control of the Khyber Pass to ensure easy entry by the British troops.

Also below information from the historical association site by Faiz Ahmed who is a historian of the late Ottoman Empire, Afghanistan, and modern Middle East from Brown University. Here is his article on Afghanistan as British Protectorate. . Here is what he states in his article: When the 26-year-old Amanullah ascended the Kabul throne in February 1919, Great Britain retained control over Afghanistan’s foreign affairs, rendering the country a British PROTECTORATE.