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Miles Arthur Le-Vesconte Routledge [1] (born 14 September 1999), more commonly known by the nickname Lord Miles, is an English author, explorer, YouTuber, Internet celebrity and a war tourist. He is known for being a danger tourist in Afghanistan during the Fall of Kabul, and being detained by Taliban 's General Directorate of Intelligence on a ...
Established the Durrani dynasty and the Durrani Empire; Considered founder of modern Afghanistan. Durrani. Timur Shah Durrani. December 1746 – 20 May 1793. November 1772. 20 May 1793. Son of Ahmad Shah Durrani. Preserved the Durrani Empire following the death of his father after fighting off civil war in 1772, and multiple rebellions.
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 ...
The 1842 retreat from Kabul was the retreat of the British and East India Company forces from Kabul during the First Anglo-Afghan War. [4] An uprising in Kabul forced the then-commander, Major-General William Elphinstone, to fall back to the British garrison at Jalalabad. As the army and its numerous dependents and camp followers began their ...
The Taliban sees ISIS-K as a threat to its rule and has launched a series of attacks on the group. But there is deep distrust between the West and the Taliban after a 20-year-long war that pitted ...
Rank. Major-General. Commands held. 33rd Regiment of Foot. Kabul garrison. Battles/wars. Napoleonic Wars. First Anglo-Afghan War. Major-General William George Keith Elphinstone CB (26 January 1782 – 23 April 1842) was an officer of the British Army during the 19th century.
Battle of Qala-i-Jangi. 25 November 2001. 1 December 2001. Qala-i-Jangi District. Battle: It began with the uprising of Taliban prisoners held at Qala-i-Jangi fortress and escalated into one of the bloodiest engagements of the war in Afghanistan. Battle of Takur Ghar. 4 March 2002. 5 March 2002. The peak of Takur Ghar.
The president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was constitutionally the head of state and head of government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004–2021) and Commander-in-Chief of the Afghan Armed Forces . On 15 August 2021, as the Taliban took over Kabul, President Ashraf Ghani took refuge in the United Arab Emirates.