who was executed in the previous summer for fomenting the rebellion, are sentenced to death by stoning for apostasy, and the sentence is carried out with great barbarity in the presence of afghan officials. in the course of the same month there is a general dragooning of the revolted tribes. according to the afghan newspapers, in two weeks all the mangal villages are occupied, 3,500 houses are bombarded and burnt, 1,575 rebels are killed and wounded, 460 women and children die of cold and hunger during their flight in the snow, and 6,000 head of cattle and an immense booty are captured. the returning troops make a triumphal entry into jalalabad, where flowers are showered on them by the "amir" and his mother. on may 25, sixty khost rebels, mainly ghilzais, are shot by order of the "amir". after the rebellion, the "amir" does not prosecute further his reforming designs, and leaves the country in the traditional state. he devotes his energies to increasing its military power, having fifty young afghans trained as airmen, and importing aeroplanes from russia and large quantities of ammunition through india.