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The Second Anglo-Afghan War (Dari: جنگ دوم افغان و انگلیس, Pashto: د افغان-انګرېز دويمه جګړه) was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the latter was ruled by Sher Ali Khan of the Barakzai dynasty, the son of former Emir Dost Mohammad Khan.
Second Anglo-Afghan War. In November 1875 British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli appointed Lord Lytton governor-general of India. Lytton during his service there was concerned primarily with India’s relations with Afghanistan.
Shīr ʿAlī Khān (born 1825, Kābul?, Afghanistan—died February 21, 1879, Mazār-e Sharif) was the emir of Afghanistan from 1863 to 1879 who tried with only limited success to maintain his nation’s equilibrium in the great power struggles between Russia in the north and British India in the south.
The Second Anglo-Afghan War was marked by miscalculations and heroics and ultimately succeeded in protecting the British's prized possession: India.
In November 1878, three British columns, consisting of 40,000 men, invaded Afghanistan. One column marched through the Bolan Pass and seized Kandahar, a second occupied Ali Masjid fortress to secure the Khyber Pass before advancing to Jelalabad, while the third advanced along the Kurram Valley towards Kabul.
The Battle of Maiwand (Dari: نبرد میوند, Pashto: د ميوند جگړه), fought on 27 July 1880, was one of the principal battles of the Second Anglo-Afghan War.
British concern about the Russian influence on Afghanistan led to the First Anglo-Afghan War (from 1838 to 1842) and the Second Anglo-Afghan War (from 1878 to 1880). The Third Anglo-Afghan War began in May 1919 and lasted for a month.
Afghanistan, a barrier between the two expanding empires, became the setting for an ongoing succession of intrigues, known famously as the ‘Great Game.’. The rivalry stemmed from Russia’s attempts to dominate Turkey and secure access through the straits of Constantinople.
In 1878, Russia challenged British interests in Afghanistan by sending a mission to Kabul, which the Afghan Amir, Sher Ali Khan, appeared to have welcomed. In defence of his forward policy, the British Viceroy in India, Lord Lytton, sent his own emissary.
The Second Anglo-Afghan War After months of chaos in Kabul, Mohammad Akbar secured local control and in April 1843 his father, Dost Mohammad, returned to the throne in Afghanistan.