1896 in Afghanistan

Decades:	1870s; 1880s; 1890s; 1900s; 1910s;
See also:	Other events of 1896; List of years in Afghanistan

Related to 1896 in Afghanistan: Negotiations are going on between the

Khyber to Nawar Kotal on the Kunar River

.

Nasrullah Khan is received in a most cordial manner on his return from his visit to England. There are great rejoicings for two or three weeks, but then he gradually drops out of notice. His brother, Habibullah Khan, on the other hand, is immensely popular with everybody, and is in high favour with the amir.

Incumbents

Monarch – Abdur Rahman Khan

Events

Early 1896

Conclusion of the

Bashgal Valley at the beginning of the year certain captives were reduced to an atrocious form of slavery. The amir also gives orders to the Afghan officers to treat the Kafirs kindly, and not seek to convert them by force to Islam

.

Summer 1896

The amir sends a force of

Durand Line Agreement

, but at the end of the year the Afghan outpost still remains at Mittai.

October 1896

On the

Oxus to Karki

, close to the Afghan frontier.

December 1896

A slight collision takes place between the forces of the Khan of Nawagai, whose territory was threatened by the Afghans at Mittai, and the Khan of

Jalk, are concluded, and pillars are to be set up in the desert

marking the frontier.

References

^ Chronology: the reigns of Abdur Rahman Khan and Habibullah, 1881–1919 Archived 2007-07-15 at the Wayback Machine

[1] Chronology: the reigns of Abdur Rahman Khan and Habibullah, 1881–1919 Archived 2007-07-15 at the Wayback Machine

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