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Britain’s fear of Russia led her to attempt regime change in Afghanistan, but it cost many lives and damaged the army’s reputation.
… The British East India Company, then ruling most of India … They were afraid that Russia might attack India … As early as 1839 the British in India made an entirely unprovoked attack on Afghanistan … At that time the Afghan frontier was far from British India … Nearly forty years later, in 1878, the British in India were again unnerved by the Amir …
