‘A collection of treaties, engagements and sanads relating to India and neighbouring countries’ [‎228] (245/578)

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AFGHANISTAN.
sively. Between 1921 and 1923 lie had entered into diplomatic relations
with Italy (June 1921), France* * (Agreement April 1922, Archeological
Convention, September 1922f) and Belgium (February 1923). The
entry of Afghanistan into the comity of nations had opened its doors to
an influx of foreigners engaged for the most part by the Afghan Govern
ment to carry out the Amir s programme for the moral and material
advancement of his country. In May 1925 the execution of an Italian
for causing the death of an Afghan subject, and in November 1925 the
arrest and detention of a German subject on a similar charge, led to
temporary crises between Afghanistan and the two countries concerned.
The latter event, though it eventually led to the recall of the German
representative, did not however prevent the conclusion of a Treaty of
Friendship with Germany in March 1926.
In December 1925 a detachment of Russian troops occupied the Island
of Urta Tagai on the Oxus, regarding which there had been a long
standing dispute between the two Governments. The affair caused some
excitement m Kabul, but turned out to be merely a frontier incident for
which the Soviet Government made as speedy amends as possible. On
the 31st August 1926 a Pact of neutrality and non-aggressioni” between
the Soviet and Afghan Governments was signed at Paghman.
The multilateral international engagements which Afghanistan has
signed or to which she is a party, so far as is known, are the following : —
Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded
and Sick of Armies in the Field (Red Cross Convention), 1906.
Universal Postal Convention, 1924.
International Treaty for the Renunciation of War as an Instru
ment of National Policy (Kellog Pact), 1928.
International Sanitary Convention, 1926.
Multilateral Treaty regulating the Status of Spitzbergen, 1920.
In June 1926 the British Legation was informed that the Amir
would 1 „ future be styled Padshah : and an announcement by the Afghan
Legation in London was published in “ Times ” to the effect that
Reconn H ""f t ik 110 ™ “ His Ma j est y the Eing of Afghanistan.
Recognition of the title was accorded by His Majesty’s Government.
Kandahar Iul ^ a ’ yompanied by the Queen, visited Mazar,
Kandahar and Khost, none of which he had previously visited
those coltTe^ I* 1 - 6 , K , ing a,ln0UUCed his ^ntion of visiting
Lerinr he Kf Z « f ^ e8tablisfed diplomatic relations.
O . Higdom in the charge of Sardar Leader of a tribe or a polity; also refers to a military rank or title given to a commander of an army or division. Muhammad Wali Khan,
* Appendix No. IX.
t Appendix No. X.
X Appendix No. XI.