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successes at Mohammad Agha, Allah Nawaz Khan was ordered to proceed towards Char Asia, which he occupied the next day, and he was soon joined by the Sardar with all his men. The Sardar now divided his lashkar into two parts. One batch under Allah Nawaz Khan and Mohammad Gul Khan was ordered to pro- ceed via Sang-i-Navishta and Bini Hisar and he himself at the head of the other division advanced on Kabul by way of Char-Deh. He had no difficulty in reaching Chehl-Stoon, about two miles to the south of Kabul. All the points of strategic importance near Kabul were taken. The Bacha in the meantime was not idle. He fortified the Asmai, Sher Darwaza and the Maranjan Hills, command- ing the Arg and the city of Kabul; and all the members of the Marshal's family were taken to the Arg and put into dungeons. از گرسنگی تلف شده The Night of Suspense.-The panic- stricken and famished people of the capital were too excited to sleep that night. Impa- tiently they peered into the darkness, intently listening for the first sounds of the invading army's approach; the consternation of the وحشت Bacha and his men adding to their secret joy. 159