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Bacha Saqqao and no one gave
any importance or respect or
placed trust in the Saqqavi
Government. But the moment
Amanullah Khan with an army
from Kandahar appeared in the
boundary of Kalat and Muqar
and announced to the people
round about his intention of
invading Kabul, the people of
the southern region became
somewhat suspicious and they
thought that I along with my
brothers was engaged in the
service for and on behalf of
Amanullah Khan. I made it
clear that my endeavour was
put forth with reference to no
personality. Even myself and
my brothers had not come
for establishing ourselves. We
wanted only that peace should
reign in Afghanistan and that
the civil wars should vanish and
that that person whom the
entire Afghan Nation selected
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