February 20 1919 – Amir of Afghanistan Habibullah Khan is Assassinated

February 20 1919 – Amir of Afghanistan Habibullah Khan is AssassinatedRate this post Just months after the end of World War I, the nation of Afghanistan was thrown into turmoil by the assassination of Amir Habibullah Khan on February 20, 1919. Pinned between Russia and British India, the country had gone through tremendous change under his reign, but his neutrality in the worldwide conflict cost him his life before he picked a successor, creating a scramble for the seat of power. Habibullah took over as the leader of Afghanistan after the death of his father in October 1901. For much of the previous century, the nation was a battlefield in […]