AFGHAN UPHEAVAL
MOHMANDS BURN DAKKA PLANS OF AMANULLAH ADVANCE ON KABUL IN SPRING (United Press Association. —By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) Delhi, January 25. Dakka, a small town at the end of the Khyber Pass, and forty-live miles Peshawar, was totally destroyed by fire by Mohmands. No significance is attached to the incident, though the place had been selected for a tribal gathering to discuss the question of the kingship of Afghanistan. Heavy snow is preventing tribesmen from reaching Dakka. Kabul is snowbound, and the aerodrome is thickly covered. This will render the rescue of the people at the Legation a difficult task if a serious situation again arises. Amanullah is formulating plans to advance on Kabul is the early spring. At Kabul all business is at a standstill. The Shinwaris have openly announced that they will not accept him as king. The five Afghan princes who were arrested and imprisoned at Allahabad are on hunger strike.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 105, 28 January 1929, Page 11
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