habibullah is engaged in military operations with the tagari and wardak tribes immediately south of kabul. he succeeds in defeating or pacifying them, and thus clears a way for himself to ghazni, where the malik ghaus-ed-din, of the ahmadzai ghilzais, has proclaimed himself "amir". during this time amanullah has been inactive at kandahar, though his agents were busy trying to win for him adherents in eastern afghanistan, without success, as it proves. he shows little confidence in himself and at one time seriously thinks of withdrawing to herat, and only desists in deference to the protests of the townsmen of kandahar, who point out that such a step would involve them in heavy loss. a well known shinwari mir akbar (k.b) from lavargi (landikotal) was the supporter of habibullah, while taking oath as the king requested mir akbar to come to kabul & give him the security from other tribes. the offer was accepted, as it was because of mir akbar shinwari that the king gained power.