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| Thread: Afghanistan's Independence Day, 19 Aug 1919 |

Why 19 Aug 1919 is a "Black Day" for Pashtuns of KP region?

On 19 Aug 1919, "Durand Line Agreement" or "Anglo-Afghan Treaty 1919" was formally singed between British India & Afghanistan. In this treaty, the then...

....Afghanistan ruler (King Aman Ullah) betrayed the people of KP by formally surrendering & handing over this entire region of KP to Britisher India without consent of people of this region. The rulers of Afghanistan didn't even bother to inform poeple of KP about...

...this agreement. It was 19 Aug 1919 when Durand Line (agreed in 1893) was formally recognized by both British India & Afghanistan without involving people of this region KP.

Forget about consent of people of KP, Afghanistan didn't even bother to send its troops to any...

...area of KP when it was under a continuous seige by British Indian armies before this agreement (Seige of Malakand, Khyber, Mohmand & other parts of KP region).

19 Aug 1919 is the day when Afghanistan cut-off this wounded part KP from Afghanistan, threw it to British...

...India and agreed with them that, "take this KP region but don't cross Khyber Pass", thus declaring Afghanistan as an independent country from British India, which is celebrated on 19 Aug 1919.

Afghanistan rulers surrendered KP region to British India not only once, but thrice (1893, 1919, 1922):

1. In 1893: Durand Line Agreement (at the time of Afghan ruler Amir Abdurrehman)
2. In 1919: Anglo-Afghan Treaty (at the time of Afghan ruler King Aman Ullah)

3. In 1922: Reaffirmation of Anglo - Afghan Treaty (at the time of Afghan Ruler King Aman Ullah)

In 1893, Afghan ruler named Amir Abdurehman had signed another such agreement with British Raj according to which a line called Durand Line (current Pak-Afg border) was drawn between the Afghanistan & lands controlled by the British India. It was the first betrayal of...

...Afghan rulers with Pashtuns of KP region who're busy fighting with well-equiped & huge armies of British India. The land of KP which Afghan rulers considered their own was left on the mercy of British Indian armies. When people of Malakand, Khyber & Waziristan were...

...fighting with British Indian armies, Afghan rulers were signing agreements with British India handing them over land of KP region. No military support was given to Pashtuns of KP region by Afghanistan when they were fighting all alone against organised Armies of British India.

The came 1947, when subcontinent was divided & same was the reason that our elders / Pashtuns of KP region decided to join Pakistan in referendum. People of KP were aware of betrayal by Afghan rulers in 1893 & 1919. People of KP region knew that Afghanistan never extended a...

...helping hand towards them when they were under attack by the British Indian armies.

Now a days, with what moral courage Afghans refuses to recognise Durand Border? Afghanistan rejected us (people of KP region) in 1893 & 1919; we rejected them in 1947.

THE END!

References:
- Treaty of Gandamak
- Durand Line Agreement 1893
- Anglo-Afghan Treaty 1919
- Second Anglo-Afghan War
- Third Anglo-Afghan War
- Reaffirmation of Anglo-Afghan Treaty

Correction:
Anglo-Afghan Treaty or Treaty of Rawalpindi was signed on "8 Aug 1919" in Rawalpindi by British India & Afghanistan. Afghan rulers reaffirmed the same treaty in 1921 and 1930.

"Afghan Govt accepts the Indo-Afghan frontier accepted by the late Amir" — Article V of the Aug 8, 1919 Treaty of Rawalpindi

"The two high contracting parties mutually accept the Indo-Afghan frontier as accepted by the Afghan Government under Article V of the Treaty concluded on August 8, 1919" — Article II of the November 22, 1921 finalising of the Treaty of Rawalpindi