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First Anglo-Afghan War 1838-1842. The British army passing through the Meyden valley on the march from Meyden to Urghundee. The British fought the Anglo-Afghan Wars in an attempt to block the expansion of Russia's sphere of influence towards India. From Sketches in Afghanistan by James Atkinson. (London, 1842).