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against the common enemy of the nation,
who through the treachery of the Court and
the misguided steps of the ruler had succeeded
in usurping the throne and was heading for
national destruction and ruin. He finished
his speech by declaring that he meant to
convene a jirgah after Id, in which a
programme of action would be drawn up
which, with their help, he would try to carry
out. After this he left for the Cantonment,
where necessary arrangements had been made
for his lodging.
The general condition of the country at
this time.—Before narrating the activities of
Sardar Mohammad Nadir Khan and his bro-
thers in this drama of national salvation, let
us consider the condition of the different
provinces at the time of their arrival.
Kabul, the most unfortunate of all the
provinces, was, as we have already observed, in
the cruel clutches of the Bacha and his men,
and people were living in unholy terror of
them. Thousands had lost their lives on
mere suspicion, and many were still undergo-
ing various kinds of tortures in the dungeons
and prison houses.
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