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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXVII, Issue LXXVII, 22 May 1919, Page 5

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BT CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT PESHAWAR, May 20. •Khyber having ceased to be, for the present, the danger point, the situa- \ tion has developed at Kurram. With the exception of a few outlaws at Turig, the Waziris are firm in a resolve" to permit no Afghans in their territory. Plans have already been made to secure Kurram against the Afghans' threat, and nothing has happened beyond sniping at pickets at Parachinar. The stormy petrel, the mullah Mir • Sahib Jan Badshah, whom the troops j call "Jimmy Bradshaw," appealed to Bajaur, but was forced to leave in 1915. He induced a combined force of Mohmands and Swatis to try to over- i j throw the Government, with disastrous ! results. He recently visited the MohI mands, but the latter were busy divid- i ; ing the loot obtained at the Dakka, ' and dismissed him. J Frontier experts agree that, except | for a few outlaws, the tribesmen will , not welcome the passage of an ill- j ; disciplined' force of Afghan troops I . through their territory. Only after i many years' experience have they ac- { ' quiesced in the presence' of British , troops. The tribal country does not , trust the Afghans, as the latter have no supplies, and are forced to exist on the country they are passing through. The Amir's stay in Kabul is exciting comment, the army demanding his presence in Jelallahad. Official—No further, operation is reported from Dakka. Yar Muhammad's band at Chora is "believed to have been dispersed, and sniping has practically ceased In Khyber.. The situation in Kurram remains obscure, the Afghans picketing Paiwar bridge and adopting an aggressive attitude, firing on our pickets at night. Conditions are also unsettled in Khost. General Nadir Khan, wno is-, in command, is expected to arrive irom Matun on the 20th with detachments of regulars and tribal Lascars. Reports from other parts are satisfactory, and the attitude of the tribes is good.