Second Anglo–Afghan War

Second Anglo–Afghan War
Part of The Great Game
92nd Highlanders at Kandahar. Oil by Richard Caton Woodville
Date 1878–1880 Location Emirate of Afghanistan Result United Kingdom achieved some of its political goals through the Treaty of Gandamak British withdrawal from Afghanistan Establishment of the Durand Line
Belligerents
Emirate of Afghanistan	British Empire  United Kingdom  India
Commanders and leaders
Sher Ali Khan Ayub Khan	Samuel Browne Frederick Roberts Donald Stewart
Casualties and losses
5,000+ killed in major battles Total unknown	1,850 killed in action or died of wounds 8,000 died of diseases

 Emirate of Afghanistan

 British Empire

The Second Anglo-Afghan War (Pashto: د افغان-انګرېز دويمه جګړه‎) was a military conflict fought between the British Raj and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1878 to 1880, when the latter was ruled by Sher Ali Khan of the Barakzai dynasty, the son of former Emir Dost Mohammad Khan. This was the second time British India invaded Afghanistan. The war ended after the British emerged victorious against various Afghan forces, and the Afghans agreed to let the British attain all of their geopolitical objectives from the Treaty of Gandamak. Most of the British and Indian soldiers withdrew from Afghanistan. The Afghan tribes were permitted to maintain internal rule and local customs but they had to cede control of the area's foreign relations to the British, who, in turn, guaranteed the area's freedom from foreign military domination as a buffer between the British Raj and the Russian Empire.

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