Urtatagai conflict (1913)

The Urtatagai conflict was a conflict between the Emirate of Afghanistan and the Russian Empire over control of the island of Urtatagai, which took place 1913.[1] It began in November,[2] when Afghan troops were deployed on Urtatagai after it had merged with the Afghan bank, placing it within Afghan territory.[1][2] Sometime later, the flow of the river once again separated the island, and on an agreement on 13 December at Askhabad, the Afghan leadership agreed to return the island, ending the conflict.[2]

For the 1925–1926 border conflict, see Urtatagai conflict (1925–1926).

References
  1. Panin, Sergei Borisovich (1 September 1999). "The Soviet‐Afghan conflict of 1925–26 over the Island of Urta‐Tugai" (PDF). The Journal of Slavic Military Studies. 12 (3): 122–133. doi:10.1080/13518049908430405. ISSN 1351-8046. In 1913, after the large island of Urta-Tugai (on the Panj River) merged with the Afghan bank, the Afghans took advantage of this existing situation and sent their forces to the island, resulting in a border conflict.
  2. Panin, S. (1995). Россия и Афганистан, 1905-1918 (PDF). pp. 53, 54, 55, 56.


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