What is Afghan Civil War (1928–1929)?
The '''Afghan Civil War''' was a [[war]] from 14 November 1928 to 13 October 1929. The '''Saqqawists''' group and the [[Soviet Union]] decided to invade the Kingdom of [[Afghanistan]] but were eventually defeated. ==Beginning of war== On 14 November 1928, the [[civil war]] started with the Shinwari Revolt in which [[Pashtun]] [[tribe|tribesmen]] from the [[Shinwari tribe]] started a [[siege]] of [[Jalalabad, Afghanistan|Jalalabad]]. <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.104149|title=Progressive Afghanistan|last=Ali|first=Mohammed|date=1933|publisher=Punjab Educational Electric Press|pages=[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.104149/page/n33 15]}}</ref> [[telegraph|Telegraph wires]] were also cut, and a [[manifesto]] had a list of or [[complaint]]s that included changing the [[status]] of women.<ref>{{Cite book|url=|title=Kabul Under Siege: Fayz Muhammad's Account of the 1929 Uprising|last1=Muḥammad|first1=Fayz̤|last2=Hazārah|first2=Fayz̤ Muḥammad Kātib|date=1999|publisher=Markus Wiener Publishers|isbn=9781558761551|pages=15}}</ref> ===Siege of Jabal al-Siraj=== [[File:Habibullah Kalakani of Afghanistan.jpg|thumb|Kalakani became king of Afghanistan in 1929. (The picture was taken the same month of his [[execution]].)]] Forces led by a [[Tājik people|Tajik]] leader, Habibullah Kalakani, were moving toward [[Kabul]] from the north. Kalakani was a native of Kalakan, a village 30 km north of Kabul. In late November, they put [[siege]] to [[Jabal al-Siraj]], north of Kabul, and on 11 or 12 December, after 18 days of siege, Ahmad Ali Lodi surrendered the citadel and handed over all government funds, 18 machine guns, and some heavy weapons and rifles. ==After Amanullah's loss of power (January 1929)== [[File:King Amanullah Khan.jpg|thumb|King Amanullah, or [[Amanullah Khan]], lost power in January 1929]] === Rule by Kalakani and Saqqawist offensives (February – August 1929) === Kalakani became King of Afghanistan.<ref>{{Cite book|url=|title=Kabul under siege: Fayz Muhammad's ac