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Between British Imperial India and The Emirate of Afghanistan from 1839 - 1842.

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A British-Indian force attacks Ghazni fort during the First Afghan War, c.1839. The First Anglo-Afghan War (also known as the great disaster [citation needed]) was fought between British imperial India and the Emirate of Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842.

1 st Afghan war 1839 in the period lord Auckland viceroy of India his in the year 1836 - 1842.

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The First Anglo-Afghan War was fought between the British East India Company and Afghanistan from 1839 to 1842. It is famous for the killing of 4,500 British and Indian soldiers, plus 12,000 of their camp followers, by Afghan tribal fighters, but the British defeated the Afghans in the concluding engagement.

It was one of the first major conflicts during the Great Game, the 19th century competition for power and influence in Asia between the United Kingdom and the Russian Empire.

How many peoples were killed in this war?

Afghan troop easily won as they were 30,000 on the other hand British and Indian combine to form 4500.

Who was the winner of said war?