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16,500 Left Kabul. Only ONE Returned

This video tells the story of one of the most catastrophic pages in British military history—the tragic retreat from Kabul in 1842 during the First Anglo-Afghan War.

In January 1842, a British contingent consisting of about 4,500 soldiers and 12,000 camp followers (women, children, servants, and porters—totaling around 16,500 people) left Kabul under a safe-conduct agreement with Afghan leaders, attempting to reach the garrison in Jalalabad.

However, the column faced betrayal, an unimaginably harsh winter in the Hindu Kush mountains, a severe lack of supplies, and relentless guerrilla ambushes by local tribes. Thousands died from the freezing cold, starvation, and sniper fire. In the end, as the famous story goes, only one single man—military doctor William Brydon—reached the gates of Jalalabad alive on an exhausted horse. The video breaks down the catastrophic mistakes made by the British command that led to this horrifying disaster.

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