Word: kahandar
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...conquer in India; but it is a rule of modern history that no Occidental people can conquer and then hold the bleak land of the fanatically warlike Afghans. During the last century Great Britain repeatedly occupied the Afghan capital of Kabul and the town of Kahandar (see Map) but her troops were always withdrawn and invariably with heavy losses. True the Afghan casualties were likewise heavy, but Britons have not forgotten that during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838-42) a British force numbering 4,500 was obliged to "retreat" until only one survivor, Dr. Brydon, reached the Indian frontier...