Permanent historical factsheet

Neutrality

Afghanistan · Government / Government of Afghanistan. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1914–1939Date range
2Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1914

Habibullah Khan1914

Kabul · Government / Government of Afghanistan

Habibullah keeps Afghanistan neutral during the First World War despite pressure to attack British India.

1939

Mohammad Zahir ShahSeptember 1939

Kabul · Government / Government of Afghanistan

Zahir Shah's government declares neutrality after the outbreak of the Second World War.

Names involved

Habibullah KhanMohammad Zahir Shah

Provenance

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