AFGHAN FIGHTING.
Amanullah Marching On Kabul With 30.000 Troops. A THIRD ASPIRANT. (Australian ami X.Z Association.) DELHI. March 31. The ex-King. Amanullah. <>!' ! Afghanistan, is marching' oil Kabul, [the capital, with 30.000 troops armed I with Kits-inn ritles am! ammunition. J Considerable lighting is proceeding be- | tween rival forces. The rebel King. Habibulla (Bacha-i-Sakao). is preparing to defend the capital with a steadily decreasing fore" against Amanulla. Another claimant to the throne •< Prince Omar Khan, a member c'" Afuhan Royal Family. who e-ca:cd ; fio:ii detention at Aila ha bad recent i\ MURDERS AT HERAT. MUTINOUS TROOPS. (Tinted Service.) CALCUTTA. Al;irclt :iu. Tiif anamination is reported i'i Herat. Algiiani-tan—capital of the prince of that name—of the impopu!." Coveriior, his nephew. whom tiiGovernor was planning to put in hipiace. and a colonel who went to tin-.;-rescue. Mutinous troops were responsib.e j for the murder-:. I The nephew of the Governor was a supporter of the: ex-King Amanullah. j All foreigners and Indians have been ordered to leave Herat.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 76, 1 April 1929, Page 7
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