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| Keywords: Afghan policemen in Kabul 1879-80.jpg Kaubul Police Photograph of Afghan policemen sporting long-barelled rifles taken in Kabul Afghanistan by John Burke 1879-80 Burke accompanied the British army into Afghanistan in 1878 and worked steadily in the hostile environment of Afghanistan and the North West Frontier Province recording military and topographical scenes as well as the peoples of the country during the Second Afghan War 1878-80 Burke also photographed many darbars or meetings that took place between British combat leaders and Afghan chiefs which led to the uneasy peace treaties characteristic of the campaign His two-year Afghan expedition produced a visual document which resulted in his achieving significance as the photographer of the region of the Great Game concerning Anglo-Russian territorial rivalry In the winter of 1879 through to the summer of 1880 the British force called the Kabul Field Force occupied Kabul Its commander General Roberts was tasked with securing Kabul and maintaining lines of communication via the Khyber Pass with the rest of the British forces meanwhile negotiations to bring an end to the war and place a new Amir on the throne of Kabul were going on Burke spent many months in Kabul and took a series of images of its diverse residents http //www bl uk/ The British Library - http //www bl uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/k/019pho0000430s3u00073000 html Online Gallery 1879 John Burke 1843 - 1900 PD-old-100 Afghan National Police in Kabul Province History of Afghanistan Men of Afghanistan in the 19th century John Burke | ||||
