IN AFGHANISTAN.
AM AN I'LL AH MARCHING ON KABUL. {United PitLss Association —By J£ltM*iri”. JuUigrapL Copyright.) (Australian Press Association.) DELHI, March 31. Ex-King Amanullah is marching on Kabul with 30,000 troops armed with Russian rifles and ammunition. Consul-, erable fighting is proceeding between the rival forces. The rebel king is preparing to defend his capital with a steadily decreasing force against Amanullah. Another claimant to the throne is Prince Omar Khan, a member ol the Afghan royal family, wlici escajied liom detention at Allahabad recently. Hre** Association —By Electric lelfgmpn Copyright.) -United Service). CALCUTTA, March 30. Jn Herat an unpopular Governor, as well as a nephew whom the Governor 'was planning to put in his place, and a colonel who. went to their rescue were assassinated by mutinous troops, liio nephew was a supporter of Amanullan. Foreigners and Indians have been ortiered to leave Herat.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 April 1929, Page 5
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145IN AFGHANISTAN. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 1 April 1929, Page 5
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