Kabul from the Citadel, showing the old walled city, First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842. British troops were massacred here in both the Anglo-Afghan Wars, which the British fought in an attempt to block the expansion of Russia's sphere of influence towards India. From Sketches in Afghanistan by James Atkinson. (London, 1842).
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