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determination a thousand-fold for the time
to come. This noble being was none other
than Marshal Mohammad Nadir Khan, the
present ruler of Afghanistan, and with him
were his brothers, Sardar Mohammad Aziz
Khan, Sardar Mohammad Hashim Khan
and Sardar Shah Wali Khan. On his sick-
bed he had been watching the course of
events in Afghanistan. Finally when the
news of Bacha's success reached him, he
could no longer suffer his state of enforced
inaction and asked to be taken to Afghan-
istan. Neither the doctors' warning nor the
persuasion of the brothers was of any avail.
He was told that the constant anxiety in
which he was living had done him no good and
that the strain of a long journey might imperil
his very life. But nothing could shake his
determination. All that he knew was that
his motherland called him and he dared not
disobey. On a stretcher they carried him
to the railway station. People shook their
heads dubiously and very few hoped that he
would manage to reach his destination. But
God had ordained that through him Afghan-
istan should be saved. In the following pages
we shall read how this bold and courageous
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