The war correspondent Archibald Forbes narrates both of Britain’s nineteenth-century invasions of Afghanistan. The first part runs from the Persian pretext and the march on Kabul through the occupation, the catastrophic retreat of 1842 and the defence of Jalalabad; the second covers the campaign of 1878–80, from the storming of the Peiwar Kotal onward.
A brisk narrative history of imperial overreach in a country that defeated many invaders. Download the free EPUB.