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for the last eight months had been groaning
under various oppressive measures. The
nobles and the high officials were either
shot dead or were suffering tortures in
dungeons and prisons. Most of the people
were unemployed and did not know how
to procure their daily bread. Shops were
generally closed and trade was at a stand
still. Afghanistan was entirely cut off from
the outside world. The Bacha and his men
thinking themselves now masters of the
country with none to dispute their rights
had increased their atrocities. Independence
Day arrived and was celebrated at Deh
Mozang near Kabul with great ceremony
and rejoicing.
Kandahar had submitted to the Bacha
and was governed by one Abdul Qadeer.
Abdul Latif, the notorious Kohati and the
messenger of Bacha, was in charge of the
Police Department. The whole of the
Kandahar Province was now part of Bacha's
dominion. But the Kandaharis had by this
time realized their folly. During the days of
King Amanullah Khan they wanted a change
of Government; but the change, when achieved,
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