Urtatagai conflict (1913)

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Urtatagai conflict
DateNovember – December 1913
Location
Result

Afghan military victory

  • Russian political victory
  • Afghans occupy the island without a fight for a while
  • Afghans leave the island after the approach of Russian troops
Belligerents
 Russian Empire Emirate of Afghanistan Afghanistan
Commanders and leaders
Nicholas II Habibullah Khan

The Urtatagai conflict was a conflict between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the Russian Empire over control of the island of Urtatagai, which took place 1913.[1] It began in November,[2] when Afghan troops were deployed on Urtatagai after it had merged with the Afghan bank, placing it within Afghan territory.[1][2] Sometime later, the flow of the river once again separated the island, and on an agreement on 13 December at Askhabad, the Afghan leadership agreed to return the island, ending the conflict.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Panin, Sergei Borisovich (1 September 1999). "The Soviet‐Afghan conflict of 1925–26 over the Island of Urta‐Tugai". The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. 12 (3): 122–133. doi:10.1080/13518049908430405. ISSN 1351-8046. In 1913, after the large island of Urta-Tugai (on the Panj River) merged with the Afghan bank, the Afghans took advantage of this existing situation and sent their forces to the island, resulting in a border conflict.
  2. ^ a b c Panin, S. (1995). Россия и Афганистан, 1905-1918. pp. 53, 54, 55, 56.