See also: 1896 in Afghanistan, other events of 1897, and 1898 in Afghanistan

1898 in Afghanistan

See also: 1897 in Afghanistan, other events of 1898, and 1899 in Afghanistan.----The state of Afghanistan is peaceful and quiet throughout the year, with few exceptions. The amir suffers much inconvenience and loss through the frontier disturbances, and to steer a middle course between the...

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The amir's realm is quiet during the year. Some suspicions that Abdur Rahman Khan

Abdur Rahman Khan

Abdur Rahman Khan was Emir of Afghanistan from 1880 to 1901.The third son of Mohammad Afzal Khan, and grandson of Dost Mohammad Khan, Abdur Rahman Khan was considered a strong ruler who re-established the writ of the Afghan government in Kabul after the disarray that followed the second...

 is acting unfaithfully towards the British are entirely dispelled by his loyal attitude in refusing to aid the rebel tribesmen engaged in the frontier war, or even to sympathize with them.

January 1897

The Kamdesh Kafirs are being rapidly disarmed. The headmen of the villages in the Bashgal Valley send a deputation to the sipah salar (commander-in-chief) requesting him to keep back the force that is to be sent to collect arms in every village, promising themselves to collect the knives

Knife

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, gun

Gun

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s, and other weapon

Weapon

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s, and to hand them over to the Afghans.

May 1897

The amir withdraws the officials and irregular soldiers

Irregular military

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 who occupied for a year the Mittai Valley in contravention of the Durand agreement.

September 6 and 7, 1897

Nearly 150 shops in the Kabul

Kabul

Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan...

 city bazaar

Bazaar

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 are destroyed by fire

Fire

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, and several lives are lost.