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Afghanistan/Pakistan Historical Background. Ethnic Communities of Afghanistan. Timeline of Afghan/Pakistan History. 1839 British in the form of the East India Company invade Afghanistan, install descendant of former shah. 1842 British force in Afghanistan annihilated.
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Timeline of Afghan/Pakistan History • 1839 British in the form of the East India Company invade Afghanistan, install descendant of former shah. • 1842 British force in Afghanistan annihilated. • 1868 Russians reach the border of northern Afghanistan. • 1873 treaty between Russia and Britain establish Afghanistan as a buffer state. • 1876 Britain occupies Quetta. • 1878 Russia provokes Britain into a 2nd Afghan invasion. • 1880 British leave. • 1947 Britain grants independence to India and the country is partitioned between India and Pakistan.