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The Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1878-1880 Ever more concerned about Russian intentions in Central Asia, the British invaded Afghanistan again in 1878 to ward off the threat of Russia taking British India from the north. This time, the British were able to defeat (though not entirely conquer) the Afghans, and extract an agreement that Britain would handle Afghanistan's foreign relations. The Afghan king would remain in control of domestic policy. Although the Afghans did not drive away the British in 1880, it was not a pleasant experience for UK soldiers. Rudyard Kipling's poem The Young British Soldier (1895) advises, "When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains/And the women come out to cut up what remains/Jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains/An' go to your Gawd like a soldier."
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