REPORTED INVASION OF AFGHANISTAN.
By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright. HERAT TO BE ATTACKED BY TURKESTAN. (reuter’s txlxgrams. ) Calcutta, March 26. It is reported that the Government of Turkestan have ordered Eskander Khan, with a force ot 12,000 men, to invade Afghanistan and take Herat. The Ameer has sent 10,000 men to reinforce the garrison of that city. (special to ukited press association.) London, March 27. General Iskander Khan, who it is reported was ordered by the Governor of Turkestan to make an attack on Afghanistan, hoped to surprise Herat.
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New Zealand Mail, Issue 787, 1 April 1887, Page 27
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