THE AFGHAN THRONE.
AMANULLAH’S DETERMINED BID. ACTIVE HOSTILITIES OPENED. CIVIL WAR IN PROSPECT. United Press Association.—By Eleetris Tel egra jh— Copjrri gli t. (Received Sunday, 11 p.m.9 DELHI,March 23. Fighting has begun in Afghanistan. Amanuliah is ma,king a determined bid for the throne. .He sent a big force, with six guns, from Kandahar to Kilati Gilzai, a town seventy miles frpm Kabul. En route, they clashed with tribesmen in the Mulsur district. There were heavy casualties on both sides. Abdul All, brother of the Governor of Kabul, is raising two thousand troops to support Amanullah. The Shinwaris, who are against Amanuliah, are threatening an attack on Daeco and Lalapura. Amanuliah’s planes are dropping leaflets in Kabul urging the citizens to eject Baeeha Sakau. The opinion is generally expressed that unless some strong liwukts spears, the country will immediately be pHTnged into civil war.—(Australian Press Association).
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Wairarapa Age, 25 March 1929, Page 5
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