1945 in Afghanistan

none 1945 The following lists events that happened during 1945 in Afghanistan. The year saw the continuation of the Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947. Incumbents Monarch – Mohammed Zahir Shah Prime Minister – Mohammad Hashim Khan Events January 6 January – Five Hawker Hind aircraft leave Kabul for Jalalabad; they will carry out reconnaissance once every two weeks and return in April.Lancaster Alexander 4 May 1945 Half Yearly Report on the Afghan Air Force for the period 1st November 1944 to 30th April 1945 http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038334404.0x000070 British legation, Kabul February 9 February – Ely Palmer, formerly with the foreign service at the Australian embassy, succeeds Cornelius Van H. Engert as U.S. minister at Kabul.Sharp, Margaret Breden Ham - Archeion https://www.archeion.ca/margaret-breden-ham-sharp 2022-09-24 www.archeion.ca February to March: Hashim Khan negotiates with Eastern tribal leaders in Jalalabad, easing tensions through diplomacy and bribes. Safi and Shinwari remain defiant, protesting grain seizures and conscription, and prepare for renewed rebellion.Тихонов Юрий Политика великих держав в Афганистане и пуштунские племена (1919 - 1945) 2007 ru ГЛАВА XXXVIII. ВОССТАНИЕ ПУШТУНСКИХ ПЛЕМЕН 1944 -1945 ГГ. В АФГАНИСТАНЕ March Food scarcity, exacerbated by smuggling and profiteering, leads to riots in Herat, leading to the assassination of local director of food supplies and two of his assistants.Squire Giles 29 June 1945 Letter https://archive.org/details/eastern-affairs/FO%2B406_83/page/n214/mode/1up Foreign Office Spring The March equinox, often used to denote the start of spring, occurred on 21 March this year.Seasons in Kabul – First Day of Autumn Season https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/seasons.html?year=1900&n=113 2025-10-20 www.timeanddate.com en In southern Afghanistan, battles beak out between the Afghan army and forces of the Wazirs and Mahsuds, who declared their goal to be the restoration of Amanullah Khan to the Afghan throne. This rebel offensive is eventually contained with reinforcements and aerial power. The Amanullah loyalists launch an intense propaganda campaign within the Afghan army, urging officers and soldiers to defect and not serve a government that had "sold itself to the British." April 6 April – A Hind aircraft makes a forced landing at Mazar-i-Sharif. 8 April – All Hind aircraft that had departed Kabul for Jalalabad on 6 January, save for the one that crash-landed on the 6th, return to Kabul. 15 April – One Hind aircraft flies to Matun for reconnaissance, returning on the 17th.Lancaster Alexander 15 November 1945 Half yearly report on the Afghan Air Force for the period 1st May to 31 October 1945 http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038334404.0x00005a British legation, Kabul 18 April – One Hind aircraft flies to Matun for reconnaissance, returning the same day. May 2 May – the Soviet Union conquers Berlin. Among the people captured is prominent Amanullah loyalist Ghulam Siddiq Khan, who had been lobbying for German support for Amanullah's restoration since 1941; he is sent to Moscow. 8 May – Germany surrenders. Germany's defeat had been anticipated by Afghan government elites, but comes as a shock to the Afghan public, who know Germany as a beneficial trading partner that won impressive victories early in the war. June An uprising erupts in the Eastern Province as Safi, Shinwari, Khugiani, and Mohmand tribes rebel under Sultan Muhammad, demanding an end to forced grain procurement. The Afghan government rejects talks and appoints Mohammad Daoud Khan to crush the revolt. 23 June – the last serviceable Breda Ba.28 aircraft (Italian) crash-lands in Kabul and is written off as a complete loss, leaving the Afghan aircraft with 12 serviceable Hawker Hind aircraft (British), 6 Romeo aircraft (Italian) and one Stearman aircraft (American) by 31 October. 24 June – 4 Hind aircraft are dispatched to Jalalabad to deal with the Safi and Mohmad uprising. 24 June to 31 October – the Afghan air force regularly partakes in bombing, machine gunning and reconnaissance against the rebels. The number of aircraft in Jalalabad during this period varies from 4 to 10 July The Red Crescent Society of Afghanistan donates £5,000 to the fund opened by the International Red Cross at Geneva as a token of its sympathy with the fate of European peoples.October 2025 1 July – Daoud arrives in Jalalabad and develops a plan for a major offensive. Several brigades work to cut off the Safis and allied tribes from the Southern province and eliminate the main strongholds in the Kunar valley through coordinated strikes. 2 July – An additional 4 Hind aircraft are sent to Jalalabad to reinforce the offensive. 6 July – Daoud's offensive concludes as rebels retreat into the hills. Afterwards, Daoud offers amnestry. The near-defeated rebels agree, but Daoud reneges on his promises, arresting 450 tribal leaders. 16 July – After being reinforced by tribes from British India, the Safi launch a counteroffensive in which loyalist forces suffer 4,000 casualties. Around this time, the rebels receive blessings from the clergy. The counteroffensive leads to the rebels capturing Kunar, Asmar, Chaghasarai, and all surrounding settlements to the north. The offensive threatens to capture Jalalabad. The government dispatches 6 infantry brigades, and Daoud executes officers who retreat. These measures stabilise the situation near Jalalabad. August 9 August to 7 September – Ramadan leads to a temporary reduction of military operations.Crichton Gerald 1 February 1946 Review of events in Afghanistan, July-December 1945. https://archive.org/details/eastern-affairs/FO%2B406_84/page/n91/mode/1up Foreign Office 26 August – Muhammad Ishan Khan, commander of the Afghan air force, dies of illness; his illness and death contribute to a decline in aviation training between the end of July and the end of October 30 August – Asdullah Khan, inspector general of the army, is named as Muhammad Ishan Khan's replacement, despite his lack of aviation experience. He proves himself more reliant on British instructors than his predecessor. September 8 September – the Siege of Kunar Khas, which began late in August, is broken by an offensive led by Daoud Khan. Gerald Crichton, HM Charge de 'affairs at Kabul, considers this the turning point of the tribal revolts as most rebels surrendered by the end of October. 13 September – Britain sends 10,000 rifles, 5,000 submachine guns, 900,000 rounds of ammunition, 25 artillery pieces and 15,000 artillery shells to Afghanistan to assist the war against the rebels. October 3 October – One Hind aircraft flies to Matun for reconnaissance, returning the same day. 7 October – One Hind aircraft flies to Matun for reconnaissance, returning the same day. 9 October – One Hind aircraft flies to Matun for reconnaissance, returning the next day. 13 October – Three Hind aircraft flies to Matun for reconnaissance, two returning the same day and one returning on the 15th. End of October – by this time, most of the rebels have come to terms with the Afghan government.Yapp Malcolm https://books.google.com/books?id=qXSQAAAAMAAJ British documents on foreign affairs: reports and papers from the Foreign Office confidential print. From 1946 through 1950. Near and Middle-East Preston Paul Patridge Michael Office Great Britain Foreign 1999 University Publications of America 978-1-55655-765-1 178 en The peace agreement includes the abandonment or postponement of Safi conscription, end of forced grain requisitions, and full amnesty to all rebels. A minority of Safi, as well as Mazrak Zadran, reject the peace agreement and continue the insurgency. November 1945 Hazara Rebellion: Due to a new tax imposed only on Hazaras, Muhammad Ibrahim Khan launches a Hazara revolt in Shahristan. After a siege lasting for about a week, the district, as well as arms and ammunition, fall into the hands of the rebels, who maintain control until 1946.HAZĀRA ii. HISTORY – Encyclopaedia Iranica http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/hazara-2 2019-07-31 www.iranicaonline.orgIbrahimi Niamatullah https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJ1YDwAAQBAJ The Hazaras and the Afghan State: Rebellion, Exclusion and the Struggle for Recognition 2017 Oxford University Press 9781849047074 108, 109 en Early November – aerial operations against the Safis and Mohmands in the Kunar valley come to an end, though 4 Hawker Hind aircraft are retained in Jalalabad for the duration of winter as a precaution.Lancaster Alexander 11 May 1946 Half Yearly Report on the Afghan Air Force for the period 1st November 1945 to 30th April 1946 http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038334404.0x000044 India Office December The Afghan government requests the supply of 6 Avro Anson XIX transport aircraft in April 1946, but the manufacturers can not promise delivery before February to April 1947.Lancaster Alexander 11 May 1946 Half Yearly Report on the Afghan Air Force for the period 1st November 1945 to 30th April 1946 http://www.qdl.qa/en/archive/81055/vdc_100038334404.0x000044 India Office Births and deaths Births Muhammad Akbari Sayyid Abdulillah (d. 1978) Abdul Rahim Wardak 28 February – Zahir Howaida (d. 2012) 24 July – Ghulam Dastagir 11 November – Sher Mohammad Karimi References 1945 Afghanistan Category:Years of the 20th century in Afghanistan Afghanistan Category:1940s in Afghanistan