FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN.
COTHNMENT POST CAPTURED. town mil MBOCUTIOK—BY . IJSCTBIC mx«m—comiaar.) • DELHI, February 12. Wft iho coining of winter in AfifaiMtfa, King Nadir Elian's troubles rj . Fierce fighting occurred ffiwnlQQQ' Shlnwari tribesmen and •WW Government troops at Torkham yjPWJBs post, on the Indo-Afghan s*™*'. ■^ le incident arose through w Ccaiona officials assaulting a party w MiiHiraru who refused to pay tolls. P? atter gathered a force and atvd captured the post, with yff canaltjes on both Bides. GovymWwt wops armed with machine*™yWttpted to recapture the post TWgpwe. kJr m impedes movements. Mohmand ~JS5 B 9«ii also reported to be Pawing to attack Jalalabad.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19853, 14 February 1930, Page 9
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