Afghanistan–United States relations

Afghanistan–United States relations can be traced to 1921,[1] but the first contact between the two occurred further back in the 1830s when the first recorded person from the United States was visiting Afghanistan.[2] In the last decade, Afghan-American relations have become a bit rusty though Afghanistan and the United States had a very strong and friendly strategic partnership. In 2012, relations became even weak when the President of the United States, Barack Obama declared Afghanistan a devastated state.

Afghanistan–United States relations

Afghanistan
United States
Diplomatic mission
Afghan Embassy, Washington, D.C.United States Embassy, Kabul

History

Josiah Harlan
also unknown as
Prince of Ghor
is an American adventurer and a political activist shown in this pre-1871 photograph wearing an Afghan robe.

The first recorded contact between Afghanistan and the United States occurred in the 1830s when Josiah Harlan, an American adventurer and political activist from the Philadelphia area of Pennsylvania, traveled to the Indian subcontinent with intentions of becoming the King of Afghanistan. It was when the British Indian army invaded Afghanistan, during the First Anglo-Afghan War (1838–1842) when Afghan kings Shuja Shah Durrani and Dost Mohammad Khan were fighting for the throne of the Durrani Empire. Harlan became involved in Afghan politics and factional military actions, eventually winning the title Prince of Ghor in exchange for military aid.[2] The British-Indian forces were defeated and forced to make a complete withdrawal a few years later, with around 16,500 of them being reported to be killed and captured in 1842. There is no clear evidence as to what happened because the claim is made by William Brydon, the lone survivor. Harlan is believed to have left Afghanistan around the same period, eventually returning to the United States.

In 1911, A.C. Jewett arrived in Afghanistan to build a hydroelectric plant near Kabul. He became the Chief Engineer for King Habibullah Khan. Formerly an employee of General Electric (GE), he became the second American known to live and work in Afghanistan.[3]

See also

References
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