DISQUIETING NEWS RECEIVED FROM AFGHAN BORDER.
MORE TROUBLE ROOMING AMONG HILL TRIBESMEN. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (Received December 24, 9.50 a.m.) DELHI, December 23. A disquieting report was received last night that trouble had broken out in southern Afghanistan, Which hitherto had been quiet, and that the route from Parachinar on the Indian side of th-e border, through the Kurram Pass, had been closed. The c*use is unknown, but there is no suggestion that it is connected with the tribal revolt at Kabul. A Peshawar message states that there is grave unrest among the Zardan tribesmen in the Khost country, which is adjacent to the Indian border. These tribesmen were connected with a revolt some years ago.—Australian Press Association.
ENGLISH WOMEN EVACUATED FROM KABUL LEGATION.
’PLANE BRINGS THEM SAFELY TO PESHAWAR. (Received December 24, 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, December 23. Advices from India announce that four English women and three children and four Indian women and four maidservants, with five Indian children, were successfully evacuated from Kabul Legation in a Victoria aeroplane, taking off from Sharpur Aerodrome, two'miles from the Legation. They arrived at Peshawar in ninety minutes.— Australian Press Association.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 18643, 24 December 1928, Page 1
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