ROBIN HOOD ARISES IN AFGHANISTAN.
LEADS RIFF-RAFF ARMY AND RAVAGES COUNTRY. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.- -Copy right.) (Received December 8, 8.30 a.m.) DELHI, December 7. Nadir Shah, King of Afghanistan, is confronted with a serious problem in Badakahan, the most northerly province, where a young Robin Hood has arisen in the person of Ibrahim Beg, a tribesman who is terrorising the province with a force of brigands, estimated to number from 10,000 to 16,000 and composed of the riff-raff of various tribes and absconders from the law. All are fully armed. Many towns and villages have been sacked and the inhabitants are fleeing to Kabul.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19247, 8 December 1930, Page 1
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